Can Tho starts construction of RoK-funded hi-tech centre
Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony,
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said the project, within the framework
of Vietnam-RoK cooperation on nuclear power, energy and industry, aims
to support Vietnamese businesses to access and improve technology for
farm and aquatic product processing.
It is also expected to
promote investment attraction and economic development in Can Tho and
other regional localities, he added.
The project, covering 11,000 sq.m, is scheduled to be completed in 2014 and put into trial operation in 2015.
RoK experts have been sent to Can Tho to assist in equipment
installation and technology transfer, while the Vietnamese city has sent
its staff to the RoK to learn more about how to manage and operate the
facility.
The project is part of the agreements signed
between the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade and the RoK Ministry
of Knowledge Economy in March 2012.
Under the terms of the
deal, priorities are given to farm and aquatic product processing,
machinery manufacturing, biological technology, IT, chemicals, clean
technology and shipbuilding in Can Tho city.
The centre is
expected to help small- and medium-sized enterprises in the city
overcome their weaknesses, such as backward technology, weak
administration capacity and shortage of hi-tech staff, and create
conditions for them to attract more foreign investors, especially those
from the RoK, in the time to come.-VNA