You know you need Digital Transformation. But where do you start?
Before you spend on software or AI, VAON looks at the systems you already have with you, points out what to fix first, and lays out a prioritised roadmap. Our CEO is involved from the first call.
5 signs it's time for an outside look at your systems
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Your legacy system is slow and costs more to maintain every year
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You can't decide between AI, cloud, or both
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You've outsourced, but quality is inconsistent
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You want to pursue DX but have no CTO or in-house tech team
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You need an independent technical assessment of your system or your current vendor
Start here
The Spec Lock Phase
You finish this phase with a specification detailed enough to lock a fixed-price development quote, and the freedom not to continue.
Common to both
- Fixed price by scope
- 1–2 weeks (2–4 weeks for large projects)
- No obligation to continue to development
- Ends with a fixed-price development quote
From consulting to development: one clear roadmap
Step 1: Consulting
VAON's CEO joins personally as your consultant and points out, candidly, the issues that need priority in your current system.
Step 2: Solution
Our CEO and CTO propose the solution architecture and the order of work, with reasons.
Step 3: Execution
VAON proposes the right model: a monthly team, a fixed-price project, or AI automation. Our CTO and a Tech Lead are involved, with weekly reports. You are not obliged to continue with VAON.
Our refund commitment: if you go on to sign a development contract of 6 months or more with VAON, the Spec Lock Phase fee is refunded in full, under the terms of the contract.
Who will advise you
Mr. Dang Van Luan
Founder & CEO
- HEDSPI Graduate (Hanoi University of Science and Technology)
- Research intern at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)
- 5 years at Digital Plus (Tokyo), building a system used by 10 million people
- 8 years as COO of a 120-person IT outsourcing company, building its management system to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
- Discusses business requirements directly in Japanese
- 15 years in the industry. Joins every first call.
I don't allow a "get it done" mindset. It has to be an "own the product" mindset.
Case study: lock the scope before building
Seminar Navi, Kochi University of Technology
The problem:
- The university needed an app for its career seminar, connecting companies with students
VAON's proposal:
- Lock the scope with the university from the start: no student names collected
- Rule-based suggestions, no generative AI
- A LINE app (LIFF) + PWA + admin screens
Results
- ~5 weeks
- From sorting out requirements to live use
- 4 steps
- For students to get started, in about a minute
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Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on your entry point. If you already have a system, VAON reads the code, interviews the people who run it and measures the current state, then gives you a current-state report and an improvement roadmap. If you have nothing yet, we write the requirements, wireframes and data design. It usually takes 1 to 2 weeks, or 2 to 4 for large projects.
No. You receive every document and are free to stop here. How you may use the documents, including with another team, is set out in the phase contract.
It is a fixed price, quoted after the first call because it depends on the size of your system. The price does not change during the phase.
Yes. For an existing system, VAON reads the source code (with AI assistance when you agree to it), interviews the people who run it and measures the current state. Code shows what a system does but not why, so every point is checked with the business users. We sign an NDA before receiving the code.
The roadmap sets out what to do and in what order, without tying it to a vendor. If an off-the-shelf product is enough, we say so. You can use the documents with any team, under the terms of the contract.
Have another question? Email us at: sales@ai.vaon.com.vn
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