Software city embraces green environment

Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) will this year focus on improving services and working environment in line with the green, clean, beautiful and modern criteria, coming closer to its target of a smart city

QTSC plans to renovate its landscape in District 12, HCMC, to bring into life a greener and cleaner working and living environment. Furthermore, aiming to create an ideal workplace for everyone, QTSC will upgrade its internal road system and attract more investment in entertainment and catering services. It will also improve the quality of conveniences at offices for lease.

A green environment

Lam Nguyen Hai Long, deputy director of QTSC, says the park will gain a facelift in 2015. The scenery will be renovated, services diversified, and working and living quality considerably improved. “All aims to better serve customers and attract more potential customers,” says Long.

To mark its 14th anniversary, QTSC has launched “Together for a Green QTSC,” a campaign that features a wide range of programs such as “Green QTSC in My Eyes” photo contest and “QTSC – Incubator of the Green.” The “Loving Rice Seed” charity program and a flower arrangement contest are some other highlights.

The year of 2015 is the first year QTSC has launched the “QTSC – Incubator of the Green,” which calls for the participation of all employees and students working and studying here. On March 18, participants tidied up the environment around buildings and land lots in QTSC.

Meanwhile, the 14 best photos of the “Green QTSC in My Eyes” photo contest were displayed at the 14th anniversary ceremony of QTSC on March 20. The contest was held to call for everyone to join hands to make QTSC greener and cleaner.

As part of the activities to mark the QTSC’s birthday anniversary, the “Loving Rice Seed” charity program was held for the first time specially designed for QTSC staff and its partners. Lasting from February 5 to March 24 this year, the program expects to hand two tons of rice to old and disabled people at Thanh Loc Center for the Elderly and the Disabled in Thanh Xuan Ward, District 12, HCMC, which is the shelter of 310 old and disabled people.

Investment attraction

Building a green environment QTSC expects to both help enterprises develop and attract more investment. As per the 2015 agenda, QTSC will organize the Vietnam IT Sourcing Conference, an event which promotes outsourcing ability of local enterprises and attracts foreign investment. The conference will also be an opportunity for outsourcing companies in QTSC to seek collaboration with local and foreign partners. Along the line will be cooperation with domestic and foreign associations, professionalization of corporate development research and analyses, hosting of regular CEO Club meetings, and coordination with relevant agencies in tackling enterprises’ problems.

QTSC seeks to attract at least one of the world’s leading information technology firms in PwC’s list of Global Top 100 ICT Companies. QTSC will also hold promotion programs in other ASEAN countries. Next on the agenda are efforts to raise the number of its tenants to 150 IT companies.

All the efforts to build a green, clean, beautiful and modern environment in QTSC not only help it become an attractive destination but also turn the software park into a smart city.

The green space in Quang Trung Software City, District 12, HCMC

Four key targets of QTSC in 2015

- Improving the working environment in line with the green, clean, beautiful and modern criteria - Providing more telecommunication and Internet services for information technology application among State corporations as well as e-government in other localities. - Improving legal procedures to better support enterprises. - Seeking an appropriate location in HCMC for the construction of QTSC 2 and building QTSC in Dalat City.

By staff writers – The SaigonTimes Weekly