Ba'o VN: CD made in VN

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Ba'o VN service 14/04/97
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Ba'o Lao ddo^.ng So^' 52 thu+' ba nga`y 1 tha'ng 4 na(m 1997

CD Made in Vie^.t Nam : Va^~n co`n ddo' mo^.t lo^'i thoa't ?
Nguye^~n Tua^'n - Thanh Phong

o+? TP. Ho^` Chi' Minh, so^' ngu+o+`i su+? du.ng ddi~a CD vi ti'nh ddang
ta(ng le^n theo ca^'p so^' nha^n. Nhu ca^`u ve^` CD ddang ta(ng song Cd
Made in VN chi? chie^'m mo^.t thi. pha^`n qua' nho? vo+'i 5 - 6 dda^`u
ddi~a, cha^'t lu+o+.ng tha^'p, gia' tha`nh cao. Lie^.u CD Vie^.t Nam co'
so^'ng ddu+o+.c trong mo^.t thu+.c te^' sao che'p "du+~ da(`n" nhu+ hie^.n
nay ? 

Ai du`ng CD vi ti'nh o+? Vie^.t Nam ? 

Ca^`n kha(?ng ddi.nh ngay ra(`ng thi. tru+o+`ng CD vi ti'nh o+?  Ha` No^.i
ga^`n nhu+ mo+'i chi? la` manh nha. Hie^.n ta.i chi? co' 2 ddie^?m che'p
CD vo+'i va`i chu.c dda^`u ddi~a, chu? ye^'u la` ca'c tro` cho+i cu?a tre?
con.  Ngoa`i ra co`n the^m da(m ba hie^.u sa'ch co' ba`y the^m va`i
chie^'c CD dde^? ba'n ke`m. Trong khi ddo' o+? TP. Ho^` Chi' Minh, CD vi
ti'nh dda~ la` mo^.t thu+' ra^'t dda'ng xa`i. Toa`n tha`nh pho^' u+o+'c
ti'nh co' khoa?ng va`i ba tra(m ddie^?m kinh doanh trong ddo' rie^ng
ddie^?m sao in cu~ng le^n to+'i 50. 

Trong khi ca'c the^' he^. tru+o+'c to? ra kha' xa la. vo+'i CD-ROM thi`
gio+'i tre? co' ho.c (tu+` 30 tuo^?i tro+? xuo^'ng) la.i u+a chuo^.ng
dda(.c bie^.t. CD ddem la.i nhie^`u ca'i lo+.i :  nguo^`n tri thu+'c phong
phu' ha^'p da^~n, va` dda(.c bie^.t la` re?! "Mo^.t bo^. tu+` ddie^?n
ba'ch khoa toa`n thu+ cu?a Larousse hay Oxford... co' gia' ha`ng chu.c
trie^.u ddo^`ng va` ngay ca? ca'c co+ quan nha` nu+o+'c cu~ng i't da'm
xa`i", mo^.t chu? hie^.u kinh doanh CD o+? ddu+o+`ng Ca'ch ma.ng tha'ng
Ta'm no'i, "trong khi mo^.t ddi~a encyclopedia xi.n (encarta) cu?a
Microsoft chi? ba'n vo+'i gia' 100 USD, va` in sang ddi~a Nha^.t thi` chi?
va`o khoa?ng 12-20 USD la` cu`ng. Mo^.t sinh vie^n cu~ng co' the^? mua
ddu+o+.c". 

Chu'ng to^i dde^'n "Sa`i Go`n vi ti'nh" (SGVT), mo^.t trong 4-5 ddie^?m
kinh doanh va` che'p CD co' uy ti'n nha^'t cu?a tha`nh pho^' giu+~a lu'c
kha'ch ha`ng ra va`o kha' nho^.n nhi.p. Ddu'ng la` tho+`i du`ng CD, la`m
CD dda~ dde^'n.  Mo.i ngu+o+`i no^'i dduo^i nhau xem danh mu.c CD ddo^ng
nhu+ trong ca'c nha` sa'ch. "Lu+o+.ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t Nam du`ng CD dde^? 
xa`i ta(ng le^n theo ca^'p so^' nha^n". Le^ Co^ng Ha^.u, o^ng chu? SGVT
no'i :"To^i mo+? cu+?a ha`ng tu+` na(m 1994 va` lu+o+.ng kha'ch ha`ng mua
CD dda~ ta(ng le^n khoa?ng 10 la^`n". 

Ca.nh tranh sao che'p CD

Che'p CD dda~ tro+? tha`nh mo^.t nghe^` kie^'m kha' tie^`n cu?a nhu+~ng
ngu+o+`i muo^'n du`ng vi ti'nh dde^? kinh doanh. Dde^? co' CD che'p ba'n
thi` ra^'t ddo+n gia?n. Gia' ddi~a My~ hie^.n nay trung bi`nh va`o khoa?ng
30 USD/chie^'c, ddi~a tra('ng cu?a Nha^.t dao ddo^.ng tu+` 9-10
USD/chie^'c. Ca'c trung ta^m in sang be`n mua ddi~a tra('ng ro^`i che'p
tu+` ddi~a go^'c ra ha`ng loa.t ddi~a nha'i ba'n vo+'i ga'i 12 - 22
USD/chie^'c. Lie^n tu.c co' ngu+o+`i ddem CD dde^'n cha`o ha`ng. Sinh
vie^n cu~ng la`m, da'n qua?ng ca'o dda^`y ddu+o+`ng. 

Tuy nhie^n gia' ba'n CD o+? TP. Ho^` Chi' Minh kha' kha'c nhau :  ca'c
ddi~a ma` SGVT ba'n vo+'i gia' 20-22 USD thi` ca'c trung ta^m in sang o+?
To^n tha^'t Tu`ng chi? ba'n 12-15 USD, va` o+? ddu+o+`ng Ca'ch ma.ng
Tha'ng 8 ngu+o+`i ta la.i ba'n vo+'i gia' 15-17 USD/ddi~a.  Co' nhie^`u
ca'ch che'p. Co' ngu+o+`i che'p ky~ thua^.t cao, ddo.c ddu+o+.c ca'c sound
track ne^n CD in ra kho^ng ma^'t nha.c, co`n nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i kha'c thi`
kho^ng ddo.c he^'t ddu+o+.c data (du+~ lie^.u) ne^n ddi~a bi. lo^~i ra^'t
nhie^`u. Ha^`u he^'t ca'c ddi~a CD in sao tre^n thi. tru+o+`ng Vie^.t Nam
dde^`u ma('c lo^~i na`y. Ddi~a CD Ta`u cu~ng hay bi. nhu+ va^.y. 

Pha?i no'i ra(`ng CD dda~ ba('t dda^`u co' mo^.t su+'c ca.nh tranh dda'ng
ke^? ddo^'i vo+'i ca'c nha` xua^'t ba?n sa'ch. Ca'c cu+?a ha`ng CD o+? 
TP. Ho^` Chi' Minh ba^y gio+` no+i lo+'n co' to+'i va`i tra(m dda^`u ddi~a
va` no+i nho? cu~ng va`i chu.c.  Thi. tru+o+`ng CD o+?  Vie^.t Nam hie^.n
nay lu+u ha`nh ba loa.i ddi~a chu? ye^'u :  loa.i data go^`m ca'c pha^`n
me^`m nhu+ Windows, Excel, Office... cu`ng ca'c ddi~a collection chu?
ye^'u cu?a Trung Quo^'c, thu+' nu+~a la` ca'c ddi~a games (tro` cho+i) cho
tre? con va` ca? ngu+o+`i lo+'n ddu? mo.i the^?  loa.i va` cuo^'i cu`ng
la` ddi~a xi.n, nha^.p tha(?ng tu+` My~, Pha'p... vo+'i ca'c chu+o+ng
tri`nh u+'ng du.ng nhu+ gia?i toa'n dda.i ho.c, trung ho.c, ba'ch khoa
toa`n thu+, ho^.i hoa.... Mo^.t nha^n vie^n trung ta^m ddi~a CD mang te^n
LH o+? 114 To^n Tha^'t Tu`ng cho bie^'t :  "Nhu+~ng gi` mo+'i nha^'t o+?
nu+o+'c ngoa`i thi` chu'ng to^i cu~ng dda~ co', nhu+ Office 97 cha(?ng
ha.n". 

CD Vie^.t Nam, bao gio+` he^'t lo ? 

Vo+'i thu+.c te^' sao che'p nhu+ hie^.n nay, CD Vie^.t Nam ha^`u nhu+ co'
ra^'t i't co+ ho^.i dde^? pha't trie^?n.  Va` CD made in Vie^.t Nam ha~y
co`n to? ra qua' ye^'u trong thi.  tru+o+`ng : i't ve^` so^' lu+o+.ng
(chi? co' 5 - 6 dda^`u ddi~a), ye^'u ve^` cha^'t lu+o+.ng (hay lo^~i) va`
dda(.c bie^.t la` qua' dda('t. Tu+` ddie^?n La.c Vie^.t ba'n vo+'i gia' 40
USD/ddi~a, dda('t ho+n ca? ddi~a go^'c cu?a My~. So+? di~ co' chuye^.n
nhu+ va^.y vi` ca'c nha` sa?n xua^'t CD Vie^.t Nam chu+a co' co^ng nghe^.
la`m CD ha`ng loa.t vo+'i kho^'i lu+o+.ng lo+'n.  Mo^.t so^' nha` sa?n
xua^'t kha'c, nhu+ Scitec cha(?ng ha.n, (dda(.t ke^' hoa.ch ra 1000
CD/tha'ng, la`m ddi~a master o+? trong nu+o+'c ro^`i gu+?i qua Singapore
da^.p ha`ng loa.t) thi` la.i bi. dda'nh thue^' 30% theo mu+'c to^'i
thie^?u 11 USD/ddi~a (trong khi gia' gia co^ng o+?  Singapore chi? la` 1
USD/ddi~a). Ba la^`n nhu+ va^.y, Scitec ngu+`ng. 

Ddie^`u thu' vi. la` ha^`u he^'t ca'c ddie^?m sao in CD o+?  TP. Ho^` Chi'
Minh dde^`u to? y' u?ng ho^. CD Vie^.t Nam.  "Ta^'t ca?  ca'c pha^`n me^`m
Vie^.t Nam ra nhu+ tu+` ddie^?n La.c Vie^.t, Vie^.t Hoa la` to^i dda^u co'
che'p. To^i u?ng ho^.  pha^`n me^`m Vie^.t Nam he^'t mi`nh". O^ng chu?
tre? tuo^?i cu?a SGVT kha(?ng ddi.nh. Ta^'t ca? mo.i ngu+o+`i dde^`u
tha^'y ro~ mo^.t thu+.c te^' : Ne^'u kho^ng co' sao in thi` pha?i dde^'n
mo^.t tu+o+ng lai ra^'t xa nu+~a ca'c the^' he^.  thanh nie^n Vie^.t Nam
mo+'i co' co+ ho^.i du`ng CD. Va` dda~ sao in thi` nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i la`m
pha^`n me^`m se~ thui cho^.t. 

Tuy nhie^n, CD made in Vie^.t Nam hi`nh nhu+ va^~n co`n mo^.t lo^'i
thoa't. Ddo' la` vie^.c ha. gia' tha`nh sa?n pha^?m. Pha?i co' co^ng
nghe^. sa?n xua^'t ha`ng loa.t, nhie^`u va` re?  nhu+ Singapore, Trung
Quo^'c. Ddie^`u quan tro.ng nha^'t vo+'i ngu+o+`i du`ng ba^y gio+` la` co'
CD dde^? xa`i chu+' kho^ng nha^'t thie^'t pha?i la` CD xi.n.  Cho ne^n
ca'c nha` sa?n xua^'t Vie^.t Nam ne^`n ti`m ca'ch na`o ddo' dde^?  ha.
gia' tha`nh sa?n pha^?m. Dde^'n khi gia' CD ba'n ra chi? tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng
vo+'i gia' ddi~a nha'i thi` vie^.c copy tro+? tha`nh vo^ nghi~a. 
19.3.1997
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