(VOVworld) - The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced a new 2012 edition of the Vietnam White Book on Information and Communication Technologies.

The book includes a panorama of IT infrastructure, IT human resources, applications and information security. This year, radio and TV are included in the White Book. The 2012 White Book also defines the role of IT and communications as infrastructure for socio-economic development. Since 2009, the White Book on Information and Communication Technologies has been published annually to ministries, agencies, embassies and companies involved in the sector.