HCM City to build Centre for Innovative Startup

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology announced the approval of the municipal People’s Committee for the selection programme of an architecture design for the HCM City Centre for Innovative Startup.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science andTechnology announced the approval of the municipal People’s Committee for theselection programme of an architecture design for the HCM City Centre forInnovative Startup.

Invited into this programme are capable, prestigious companies and architectureconsultation organisations which have excellent experience on similarconstructions, the Sai Gon Giai phong reported.

The organising board is going to ask participants to present three projects,each designed by one specific architect, and will choose the most outstandingone.

The municipal Department of Science and Technology said that the evaluationboard consists of 15 people, at least two-thirds of whom are senior architects.

This centre will be built on a public-private partnership basis. Particularly,the government is responsible for preparing the site, constructing the buildingand other areas for common activities, offering supporting policies liketraining, event organisation, contest holding. Meanwhile, private businessesand startups are in charge of designing and investing in suitable equipment oftheir needs for a smooth operation.

The introduction of this centre shows the determination of the municipal People’sCommittee in completing the city’s innovative startup ecosystem in order toboost the establishment and development of innovative startups in HCM City.

The centre is also supposed to be the link between domestic startup communitiesand their international counterparts.

The project for this centre was approved by the 9th HCM City People’s Councilin July 2019. The construction will begin in the first half of 2020./.
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