In the morning of July 23rd 2020, Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) held a seminar on the development of QTSC Chain at QTSC Building 1. 

The seminar featured representatives of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), QTSC, HueCIT, the HCM City-based National University’s IT Park (ITP), Mekong ITP, and Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh Department of Information and Technology, representatives of CanTho University Software Center, Telecommunications University (Nha Trang), as well as International University – Vietnam National University HCMC.

Overview of the seminar

At the seminar, the existing members of the Chain and the members who expected to be admitted to the Chain had a discussion of policies and orientation in the Chain development; process and the route to be QTSC Chain’s member; HueCIT’s experience-sharing in the legal procedures to join the Chain; and the exchange of trends in global Science park – Software park development by International University – Vietnam National University HCMC.

In terms of policies and orientations of growing QTSC Chain, Ms. To Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director General of Department of Information Technology, MIC, informed that: "MIC supports the units in preparation for becoming QTSC Chain’s member to complete the documents to participate in the Chain and propose to the Prime Minister for the admission. The ministry also expected the addition of at least two members before the ending of pilot establishment on QTSC Chain, increasing the number of total members to five."

Ms. To Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director General of Department of Information Technology spoke at the seminar

In the future, IT zones’ development based on chain model will be the necessary orientation for the growth of Vietnam in particular and of the world in general. According to the research conducted by MIC, the occupancy rate of five IT zones in Vietnam reaching 95 per cent was higher than the average of the industrial areas as 53 per cent. Additionally, the average total turnover for all IT zones was 10 million USD per hectare, while only 200 million VND was recorded in the industrial zones. Regarding that, MIC has been implementing investment incentive to provinces to focus on technology areas. To promote strengths, in the short term, local authorities should build up a technology area based on their current advantages. Notably, HueCIT has developed travel, culture technology applications and Mekong ITP for BPO, smart agriculture, and so on.

Finally, QTSC Chain’s members such as HueCIT, ITP, QTSC and Mekong ITP summarized the second quarter activities of 2020 and set out plans for the coming time.

Attendees took a photo at QTSC Building 1

Source: QTSC