IT park chalks development plan

The Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) this year will focus on improving services and upgrading its grounds in an aim to have a greener and cleaner working environment, and attract more investment, its deputy director has said.
The Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) this year will focus on improvingservices and upgrading its grounds in an aim to have a greener andcleaner working environment, and attract more investment, its deputydirector has said.

The QTSC plans to upgrade its internal roadsystem and entertainment and catering services to create an idealworkplace, Lam Nguyen Hai Long said at a ceremony held last week to markits 14th anniversary.

It will also improve services and offerconveniences to companies that lease space at the software city, andexpand telecommunication services for State-owned corporations.

This year, it will look for an appropriate site for the construction of the QTSC 2 and prepare to build a QTSC in Da Lat.

TheQTSC, in collaboration with 14 companies and organisations, willorganise the first Vietnam IT Outsourcing Conference in October in HoChi Minh City to promote the outsourcing services of local enterprisesand attract foreign investment.

The conference will provide agood opportunity for outsourcing companies in the QTSC to seekcollaboration with local and foreign partners, he said.

Long saidthe QTSC sought to attract at least one of the world's leadinginformation technology firms on the list of PwC Global Top 100Companies, and one to two other tenants in 2015.

In addition, it will hold promotion programmes in other ASEAN countries.

Some 119 IT firms are operating in the park, Long said, adding that there would be 120-125 firms by the end of the year.

Thetotal revenue of IT companies in the park last year reached 173.08million USD, a year-on-year increase of 26.4 percent, with softwareexports going up by 38.9 percent to top 98.44 million USD, he said.-VNA

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