Vietnam’s largest ICT firm FPT Software has opened a new office in India, adding to its global footprint of more than 50 offices across the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
Vietnam’s largest ICT firm FPT Software has opened a new office in India. Illustrative image. (Source: VNA)
New Delhi (VNA) - Vietnam’s largest ICTfirm FPT Software has opened a new office in India, adding to its globalfootprint of more than 50 offices across the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America,and the Middle East.
The company is set to build this branch into aGlobal Delivery Centre within the next three years, its 23rd worldwide.
The new branch, FPT India, is based in the country’ssouthern Hyderabad city, one of the top outsourcing destinations in India andalso home to more than 600,000 IT employees. Here the company joins other ITindustry leaders such as Infosys, Tata Consulting Services, Accenture and Wipro,among others.
“FPT Software’s expansion to the India marketdemonstrates our strong resources and capabilities, as well as representing ourcommitment to accelerating digital transformation in the Asia Pacific region”,said Phung Sy Bay, FPT India CEO.
“The IT industry is a key driver of India’s economy.The IT workforce here is highly skilled, multilingual, capable of carrying out24/7 shift work, as well as having a wealth of experience and technicalknow-how. I believe that we have huge potential to tap into, helping more andmore Indian clients transform their business operations and gain competitiveedges in the market”, he added.
FPT India’s first office is located in Hyderabad city, India. (Photo: Shutterstock)
FPT India is now working with multiple industrygiants in various sectors, such as aviation, healthcare, telecommunications,and automotive. Due to high customer demands and the branch’s expansion ambition,the company is actively looking to recruit more than 1,000 technologyprofessionals in delivery, managed services, and project management within thefirst three years.
Since 2019, FPT Software shifted its core strategyand service offering to digital transformation, after two decades of leadingSoutheast Asia in IT outsourcing. The company aims to become a billion-dollarIT and digital transformation services provider by 2024./.
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Vietnam’s largest ICT firm FPT Software has opened a new office in India. Illustrative image. (Source: VNA) 
FPT India’s first office is located in Hyderabad city, India. (Photo: Shutterstock) 
