Ho Chi Minh City has set developing hi-tech and support industries asthe key to realising economic restructuring and growth model shift by2015.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le ManhHa was speaking at a seminar jointly held on April 16 by the Investmentand Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) and the municipal Hi-tech ParkManagement Board to promote investment in these industries.
Thecity has also set to increase export value of high technologies andhi-tech products to account for 30 percent of its GDP so it placeshi-tech and support industries in the cornerstone of preferentialpolicies offered to the engaged businesses, Ha said.
As the country’s largest economic hub, HCM City aims to increase therate of locally-made contents in manufactured product to 25 percent by2015 and 40 percent by 2020, and made an export value of 10 billion USDby 2015.-VNA