(VOVworld) - Hanoi has been listed among 20 most attractive cities globally in software production, and is striving to stand in top 10, revealed Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications Phan Lan Tu.

The 4th Congress of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) for the 2016-2020 tenure in Hanoi in late April.

From now until 2020, the city’s information and technology sector is set to boost the development of software and IT services, while strengthening the application of IT in State agencies, she said during a ceremony on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the information and communications sector.

Since 2011, the municipal IT sector’s contribution has accounted for 19% of the country’s total IT industry revenue.