At apress briefing in Hanoi on Sept. 12, Director of the HanoiInformation and Communications Department Pham Quoc Ban said that theproject was built at a cost of over 57 billion VND (2.71 million USD)with 46 billion VND (2.2 million USD) worth of equipment, software, textbooks and teachers’ training paid for by India’s non-refundable aid.
Onceoperational, the centre will train programmers, professionaltechnicians, State employees and enterprises managers for Hanoi andnearby regions with the aim to contribute to building ane-administration for the capital city by the end of 2015./.