In the morning of November 7, the Cuban Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Computer and Communications Business Group (GEIC - Grupo Empresarial de Informática y Comunicaciones) from Cuba had a visit and work at Quang Trung Software City (QTSC).

Leading the delegation were Ms. Grisel E. Reyes León - GEIC President and the representative of Cuban Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. Welcoming the delegation was QTSC CEO - Mr. Lam Nguyen Hai Long.

At the meeting, the delegation was introduced about the process of formation and development of Quang Trung Software City. After 18 years of establishment, QTSC has achieved a lot of outstanding results with a complete ecosystem to serve the working and learning needs of more than 21,851 people.

According to Long, as the beginning, there were only 21 micro-companies with 250 people working here. Based on great advantages of Ho Chi Minh City such as the most dynamic city in Vietnam, high determination of the city’s leadership in building up a software park, convenient transportation, high quality human resources, many incentive policies for IT enterprises, etc., together with QTSC’s young and creative managing staff, we have constantly developed and improved the park. Furthermore, in the 2000s, with HCMC’s incentive policies in inviting overseas Vietnamese to build their homeland, there were a large number of overseas Vietnamese with rich knowledge and experience in hi-tech industry invested in QTSC, Long added.

The Cuban business delegation working at QTSC

Grisel E.Reyes León said that Cuba and Vietnam are two countries with very close relationship. The purpose of the delegation came here to learn about the experience of building a hi-tech park. The Cuban government also wants to build a science and technology park in Havana capital by 2020. The successful operation model of QTSC is a good example to study aiming to build a most suitable model for Cuba.

Grisel E.Reyes León added in March 2020, GEIC will hold a technology exhibition with the participation of businesses from 15 countries around the world such as Japan, Korea, China, Russia, etc. By the way, she also invited QTSC and local enterprises to participate and show their typical products, services, solutions.

Long would like to thank the delegation and hope that the two countries would have more trade promotion programs, exchanges, meetings to cooperate and develop Cuba's science and technology park.

Cuban businesses and QTSC leaders took souvenir photos at the meeting

Source: QTSC