Comments on: Software Outsourcing – Why Vietnam? http://www.vietnamextremes.com/2007/09/14/software-outsourcing-to-vietnam-part-2-why-vietnam/ an insiders view Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thang Phan http://www.vietnamextremes.com/2007/09/14/software-outsourcing-to-vietnam-part-2-why-vietnam/#comment-1402 Thang Phan Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:44:07 +0000 http://www.vietnamextremes.com/2007/09/14/software-outsourcing-to-vietnam-%e2%80%93-part-2-why-vietnam/#comment-1402 I am about to venture into VN outsource market although I have managed many teams in Asia, include India, Singapore, and Russia. My questions for you are: 1. Can you comment on the Vietmanese work ethics? Do they often work over time when needed? Is 10 or 12-hour day normal there? 2. How is broadband infrastructure there, especially home-based broadband outside of Saigon (i.e. Da Nang and Ho Noi)? 3. I kept hearing that development cost is less than half what it costs in India. What is the real cost in term of productivity? I am about to venture into VN outsource market although I have managed many teams in Asia, include India, Singapore, and Russia. My questions for you are:

1. Can you comment on the Vietmanese work ethics? Do they often work over time when needed? Is 10 or 12-hour day normal there?

2. How is broadband infrastructure there, especially home-based broadband outside of Saigon (i.e. Da Nang and Ho Noi)?

3. I kept hearing that development cost is less than half what it costs in India. What is the real cost in term of productivity?

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