Hailed
as one among HCMC’s Top 10 works and events during the past 40 years,
Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) is well on its path to “QTSC's new
development” and the national QTSC chain. QTSC aims to become a leading
software city brand in Vietnam and on the international marketplace.
The
past 14 years have witnessed the transformation of Quang Trung Software
City (QTSC) from a 43-hectare plot of land into Vietnam’s largest
software park. The park has been equipped with a complete technical
infrastructure and been able to provide excellent services as well as a
premium working and living environment. QTSC is also one of the most
successful concentrated software parks in Vietnam and Asia. Its
organizational structure, vision and development orientation has been
highly appreciated by international business communities.
According
to Tran Phuc Hong, Vice President of TMA Solutions, a local software
giant based in the software park, as a national software center, QTSC is
in a favorable position to promote Vietnamese software abroad and call
for foreign investors in the information technology (IT) industry.
La
Manh Cuong, Managing Director of Luxoft Vietnam, says, “QTSC is now the
biggest hub of the best IT personnel the city has to offer. This is the
result of great efforts expended by the QTSC staff and enterprises
operating in the park.”
QTSC's new development
In
2015, the QTSC chain brand will be promoted nationwide together with
the debut of the QTSC's new development. Nguyen Duc Hien, QTSC chairman
and CEO, says the plan was first discussed at a meeting of the CEO Club
in March. In line with what has been conceived, the new development plan
will be set up to attract more local and international ICT companies.
“It means applying the latest technology into daily working activities
in the park,” Hien says. “Such activities will help improve service
quality, living environment and landscape, which will culminate in a
green, clean, smart and modern QTSC.”
Specifically,
QTSC continues to improve its working environment so that it will
become ever greener and cleaner. Building a new operational center as
well as a community center for 17,000 people, creating a new QTSC symbol
and renovating inner roads and gates are among the software park’s top
agendas.
Polishing the QTSC brand
As
Vietnam’s biggest software park and the first concentrated IT park
recognized by the Ministry of Information and Communications, QTSC has
established a premium brand. Last year, the Politburo issued Resolution
No. 36-NQ-TW on boosting IT application and production to meet the
demand for sustainable development and global integration. For the first
time, the resolution mentioned the cooperation for development:
“Developing IT park chains, incubation centers and IT service providers
meeting international standards.”
This
is a prerequisite for the QTSC chain to be developed in HCMC and other
localities based on QTSC’s existing strengths. Initially, five software
parks are planned in HCMC and one another in Dalat City (see the list
below).
QTSC
brand building is to facilitate investment, expand domestic and
international markets, save costs of building IT infrastructure, bring
into full play local advantages, and enhance the competitiveness of the
local software industry. “Promotion activities depicting Vietnam as a
destination for IT multinationals will be carried out,” says Hien.
According to him, experience in management, operation and human
resources development from the existing QTSC will be passed on to other
QTSC software parks.
QTSC is on the way to becoming a green, clean, smart and modern software park
The QTSC chain
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1. QTSC 1 in District 12, HCMC (operational)
2. QTSC-ITP in the campus of the National University of HCMC
3. QTSC-Dalat in Dalat City (under construction)
4. QTSC 2 (location yet to be confirmed)
5. QTSC-VNPT in District 10, HCMC (under negotiation)
6. QTSC in the campus of the HCMC University of Technology (under negotiation)
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By Nhan Tam – The Saigon Times Weekly
