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FPT has officially established its position as MongoDB's pioneering Certified DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) partner in Vietnam, marking a significant milestone in the modernization of domestic enterprises' data infrastructure to international standards trusted by leading technology groups worldwide. In the context of Vietnam's rapidly growing digital economy, data has shifted from a storage role to a core factor determining competitive advantage. Enterprises are handling a surge in online transaction volumes, real-time personalization demands, and pressure to deploy artificial intelligence in operations. These requirements reveal limitations of traditional database management systems in scalability, speed of feature deployment, and maintenance costs. To stay competitive, development teams need a modern, flexible data platform that meets the demands of the AI era. MongoDB is one of the most widely used data platforms today, trusted by over 65,200 customers worldwide to build and deploy modern applications and AI. This platform helps enterprises overcome the limits of traditional databases, modernize workloads, and harness AI at scale. Its document-oriented data model enables efficient handling of structured and unstructured data, suitable for microservices architectures, helping enterprises shorten product development cycles significantly. Rather than taking months to restructure legacy systems for modern workloads, technical teams can deploy new intelligent features in shorter cycles while still ensuring scalability and performance for millions of users. Industry experts view MongoDB's decision to partner with FPT in Vietnam as a signal that the domestic market is maturing in data technology. To reach this agreement, FPT must meet stringent standards for architectural capability, operations, and internationally certified engineers. This means Vietnamese enterprises can access technology not just at the software license level but at a complete, deployed, locally optimized solution. Through the partnership, FPT will provide modern database services as a service (Database-as-a-Service), together with the FPT Cloud cloud ecosystem offering over 80 services, including architecture consulting, system migration from legacy platforms, and optimized operations. This model helps enterprises significantly reduce technical risk in digital transformation, particularly for financial institutions, retail, and digital services — industries that require high availability and real-time data processing. According to Le Hong Viet - General Director of FPT Smart Cloud, part of FPT, becoming a MongoDB Certified DBaaS partner is a step affirming the capability to master the core data platform of a Vietnamese tech company. Instead of building complex infrastructure at high cost, enterprises can deploy a modern database system in just a few days, while being ready for real-time data analytics applications and AI. From a market perspective, the presence of a local deployment partner helps shorten the gap between global technology and domestic operational realities. FPT Cloud technology experts will directly handle architecture consulting, performance optimization, and ensuring continuous operation, helping organizations reduce reliance on international experts. Vietnam is a strategic market with rapid demand for data modernization and modern application development. The partnership with FPT will significantly support customers in accelerating their shift to large-scale digital and AI applications, based on a trusted local partner, while complying with essential data localization requirements. Mr. Sachin Chawla, Vice President for India and ASEAN, MongoDB. This cooperation milestone not only affirms FPT's technology hub position on the regional map but also opens opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to move from experience-based operations to data-driven operations, laying the foundation for large-scale digital and AI applications in the next phase.
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