Da Nang aims for hi-tech city status by 2015

The central city of Da Nang is striving to become a hi-tech city by 2015 with IT human resource growth of 5-10 percent and the number of software businesses increasing by 30 percent.
The central city of Da Nang is striving to become a hi-tech city by 2015 with IT human resource growth of 5-10 percent and the number of software businesses increasing by 30 percent.

These targets were revealed at a conference on Da Nang city’s master plan on IT human resource development, held in the city on October 20.

The city has also set a target of earning around 50 million USD per annum from software exports by 2015.

However, participants at the conference pointed out Da Nang ’s shortcomings in IT human resource development, including lack of experienced IT experts and weak planning capacity.

They also put foward objectives and strategies for the city’s IT human resource development, focusing on meeting the personnel demands of State agencies and businesses.

Conference participants said the city should firstly concentrate on developing the capacity of e-government and software technologies, as well as building an open IT system and strengthening standards, systems and networks.

In the 2010-2020 period, Da Nang should prioritise four major aspects to give its IT development a strong foundation, including e-service, e-government, strategic management of IT and boosting the software industry./.

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