The world’s leading software company has officially recognized two local information technology experts, Duong Vi Khoa and Le Vu Nhat Quang, as this year’s Most Valuable Professionals (MVP).
Most Valuable Professional is a Microsoft program that acknowledges and appreciates outstanding individuals for their selfless contributions to the information technology community. The program aims to honor the most active members globally, those who have shared expert opinions, enriched community knowledge, and contributed to Microsoft’s technological breakthroughs.
Duong Vi Khoa, the founder and administrator of one of the largest IT forums in Vietnam (ddth.com), has over 60,000 members. Meanwhile, Le Vu Nhat Quang is currently a student at the National University of Singapore. Before becoming a Microsoft MVP, Le Vu Nhat Quang served as a Microsoft Student Champion at his university in Singapore, was the program director of the Singapore Security Group SIG^2-NUS, a board member of the Singapore Professional .NET User Group SGDotNet, and also acted as an advisor to the Vietnam Hacker Association (HVA).
Le Vu Nhat Quang is currently one of the two youngest among the 70 MVPs from Southeast Asian countries, including 10 MVPs who received this title in 2006. In September of this year, Le Vu Nhat Quang will represent Microsoft Vietnam to speak at Microsoft TechEd Asia 2006 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), a five-day technology conference in Asia.
In Vietnam, Microsoft has recognized six MVPs. Last year, the company also acknowledged four MVPs: Nguyen Viet Hai (eDT), Ha Than (Lac Viet Software), Nguyen Huu Quynh (admin of handheldvn.com), and Duong Hong Minh (ASP.NET).
Microsoft MVP experts serve as a channel for knowledge exchange, experience sharing, and technology promotion within the country through activities such as presentations, product demonstrations at Microsoft technology seminars, translating and writing publications, online discussions, and meet-ups with technology enthusiasts in Vietnam. They also act as a bridge with customers for Microsoft Vietnam to gather feedback on product quality, support policies, and new ideas.
Currently, Duong Vi Khoa and Le Vu Nhat Quang have launched a dedicated information site for Microsoft software technology at vietdev.net, and have initiated the “.NET Programming” competition in April.
The MVP program at Microsoft started in the 1990s and currently has more than 2,600 MVPs representing 81 countries.
