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HCM City ICT pioneer firm reviews record
HCM City (VNA/VNS) - Quang Trung Software City , a pioneer which ushered
Ho Chi Minh City into the ICT era, reviewed its achievements and shortcomings in
the eight years since it was established at a meeting this week.
If numbers are any guide, the scale of its achievements is impressive; the complex
in district 12 has 10A-and B-class buildings and 11C-class office buildings where
104 technology companies, half of them foreign-invested, have their offices.
While it has set its sights on becoming a major research hub, it already supplies
skilled technology workers to IT enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City . Its six
major IT training centers - NIIT Institute, Sai Gon Tech, SDE Centre, UK Brain
Company, Hoa Sen College , and FPT Institute - have more than 9,000
students at any given time.
The software city plays the important role of a bridge between enterprises and
policymakers, enabling enterprises to benefit from favourable tax, administrative,
and development policies.
"The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry ranks the Quang Trung Software
City branch name fourth among 200 ICT brand names it has evaluated," said Chu
Tien Dung, director of the Quang Trung Software City .
"We think our major achievements is to create a triangular connection between real
estate developers, the Government, and ICT enterprises.
"The government came up with the idea of building this city and built its
infrastructure, property developers focused on the buildings and equipment, while
enterprises are in charge of research and development."
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, one of the initiators of the city, said
it should have comprehensive development plans so that it could make it to the
list of Vietnam 's leading centres of technology transfer, human resources, and
outsourcing.
It enterprises in the city took advantage of his presence at the meeting to ask
the Government for help to overcome the difficulties caused by the current
economic crisis.
They wanted Quang Trung Software City to be recognised as an ICT complex
so that it would qualify for the Government's tax breaks.
They also wanted it to be made one of the beneficiaries of the Government's
economic stimulus package.
But the city is also doing its bit to help members. "Being aware of the problems
that enterprises face during this economic downturn, we have launched an
assistance programme for IT businesses".-Enditem
Ho Chi Minh City into the ICT era, reviewed its achievements and shortcomings in
the eight years since it was established at a meeting this week.
If numbers are any guide, the scale of its achievements is impressive; the complex
in district 12 has 10A-and B-class buildings and 11C-class office buildings where
104 technology companies, half of them foreign-invested, have their offices.
While it has set its sights on becoming a major research hub, it already supplies
skilled technology workers to IT enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City . Its six
major IT training centers - NIIT Institute, Sai Gon Tech, SDE Centre, UK Brain
Company, Hoa Sen College , and FPT Institute - have more than 9,000
students at any given time.
The software city plays the important role of a bridge between enterprises and
policymakers, enabling enterprises to benefit from favourable tax, administrative,
and development policies.
"The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry ranks the Quang Trung Software
City branch name fourth among 200 ICT brand names it has evaluated," said Chu
Tien Dung, director of the Quang Trung Software City .
"We think our major achievements is to create a triangular connection between real
estate developers, the Government, and ICT enterprises.
"The government came up with the idea of building this city and built its
infrastructure, property developers focused on the buildings and equipment, while
enterprises are in charge of research and development."
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, one of the initiators of the city, said
it should have comprehensive development plans so that it could make it to the
list of Vietnam 's leading centres of technology transfer, human resources, and
outsourcing.
It enterprises in the city took advantage of his presence at the meeting to ask
the Government for help to overcome the difficulties caused by the current
economic crisis.
They wanted Quang Trung Software City to be recognised as an ICT complex
so that it would qualify for the Government's tax breaks.
They also wanted it to be made one of the beneficiaries of the Government's
economic stimulus package.
But the city is also doing its bit to help members. "Being aware of the problems
that enterprises face during this economic downturn, we have launched an
assistance programme for IT businesses".-Enditem
