The central city's information technology
businesses earned VND3,200 billion (US$152 million) and an export turnover of
$13.5 million last year, the director of the city's information and
communication department, Pham Kim Son said yesterday.
At a
seminar on the model of concentrated information technology for local provinces
yesterday, he said the city planned to build a software park in the Da Phuoc
urban area – the second software park in Da Nang – during the next five years.
"The
city has developed Quang Trung software and Da Nang software parks as
concentrated centres. We have invested around VND600 billion ($29 million) in
the first stage of the enlargement project of the Da Nang software park over an
area of 131ha so far," Son confirmed.
"We
schedule to enlarge the Da Nang park to 340ha, which aims to attract more
foreign investment in the future with developed information technology and
infrastructure," he said.
Deputy
Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Minh Hong said the seminar was
an opportunity for local provinces to review current information technology in
order to boost economic development.
"Local
provinces should eye developing concentrated information centres, which will
help draw more foreign investors in coming years. A good basis of advanced
information technology will create competitive power for local
businesses," Hong said.
He
added that information technology would play an important role to help Viet Nam
develop as an industrial country by 2020.
The
Quang Trung and Da Nang software parks have attracted 140 information
technology companies, of which over 50 per cent are domestic, with total 27,000
staff members.
The
city will provide priority to software companies, including value-added tax
exemption, and apply a 10 per cent income tax in 15 years.
Da Nang
is one of the biggest cities, after Ha Noi and HCM City, developing
concentrated information centres.
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