This document discusses culture and the internet in Vietnam and Myanmar. It notes that traditional Vietnamese clothing for women is the ao dai, while men and women in Myanmar wear the longyi. Internet usage in Vietnam began growing rapidly in 1997 across sectors like gaming, entertainment, and e-commerce. Some key statistics show over half of Vietnam's population is under 30 and two-thirds use the internet daily. Major Vietnamese tech companies include BKAV in security and Vinagames in gaming and social networks. Internet adoption in Myanmar began growing around 2008, with over 10,000 blogs and 80% on Facebook. The document predicts Myanmar will follow Vietnam's path of growth in gaming, entertainment, security and social media over

2. Agenda
 Culture
 Internet figures in Vietnam
 Some prediction for Myanmar Internet

3. Culture
 Traditional clothes
 Ao dai (Vietnamese)
○ Only women wear it nowadays. Men wear
only in some special occasions.
 Longyi (Burmese)
○ Both men and women wear it.

4. Culture
 Trầu or Kun-ya
 Food
 Myanmar food: mohinga
 Vietnamese food: pho

5. Internet figures in Vietnam
 Internet: start from 1997

7. IT sectors
 Games industry
 Entertainment
 Internet and computer security
 Social network
 E-commerce

8. Internet figures in Vietnam:
1997-2013
 Some figures
 54% of Vietnam’s population is under age 30
 25% of Vietnam’s population is under age 15
 66% use internet everyday
Vietnam Asia(average)
Online video
watching
90% 69%
Internet
penetration
34% 33%(global)
Use social media
in purchase
decision
81% 60%

10. Some big companies (1)
 BKAV
 Computer and Internet security
 Main products: antivirus and office software
 Subscription model:
○ Free
○ Premium and Entreprise package

11. Some big companies (2)
 Vinagames
 Start from 2005
 Found by an overseas Vietnamese
 Main products:
○ Online games
○ Social network: Zing(the second largest
network in Vietnam)
○ Media and advertising

12. Some big companies (3)
 FPT
 Main products:
○ Internet and telecommunication
○ Outsource software (one of key strength of
Vietnamese IT industry)
 Partner with many American and Japanese
IT companies

13. Some internet figures: Myanmar
 Start: 2008

14. Myanmar(12-2011)

15. Myanmar
 Internet games industry
 +1000 internet café in Yangoon
 Entertainment
 Social network
 Facebook: 80% of netizens has account
 Blog: 10000+ blogs

16. Future Internet Technology in
Myanmar
 Similar to what happened to Vietnam 5-10
years ago.
 The main difficulty of Myanmar is the
telecommunication infrastructure. Ex:
internet speed and bandwidth.
 Sectors:
 Games industry
 Entertainment
 Internet security
 Social network

17. Thank you (jay-su tin-ba-de)
 Reference:
 Wearesocial.sg
 Wikipedia
 Speaker:
 Tran Trong Dan, a Vietnamese web
developer working in Singapore