[HanoiLUG] [Off Topic ?] FOSS salaries in VN

[Tom Lancaster]

Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> On 7/2/07, Steve <steve at hivemind.net> wrote:
>> On 02/07/07, le nhu xuan <lnhxuan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> In China, they propose 1500USD.month
>>
>> Damn! Its time I start charging /much/ more then. Thanks
> Keep it low for the sake of our To Quoc :D
> Vietnam will not remain a hot outsourcing spot if average salaries go
> to high ...
> 

Salaries are just one part of the equation, I believe. The reason India 
is the biggest outsourcing destination in the world is the language 
skills of their workers. It helps immensely that English is one of their 
national languages.

Vietnam is in the position of having to embrace foreign languages, 
because vietnamese is spoken by so few people (relatively) in the world, 
and isn't particularly easy to learn (as french, italian and spanish are 
for English speakers). China, on the other hand, feels relatively little 
need to learn other languages. Look how many chinese people there are to 
choose from if you want to have a conversation!

It is to VN's advantage that many people learn a foreign language well here.

[with apologies for constantly writing in English on the /Hanoi/ LUG 
mailing list]

Tom
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