FPT Japan, a branch of Vietnam’s largest software producer FPT Group, has been urged to contribute more to the Vietnamese IT sector as the world is entering the fourth industry revolution.
Ho Chi Minh City has attracted 2.15 billion USD in foreign directed investment (FDI) in the first half of 2017, doubling the figure in the same period last year, reported the municipal People’s Committee.
Ho Chi Minh City should be turned into a smart city capable of deeply joining regional and global value chains and competing with its counterparts in Asia.
Chairman of the Vietnam Association of FDI Enterprises Nguyen Mai talked
to Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper about the past and future of
foreign direct investment in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to boost ties between the supporting
industry and high technology sector, as well as support the development
of both, towards luring more foreign investment, according to the
Vietnam Investment Review (VIR).
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for faster construction of the
Hoa Lac high-tech park during his working session with its management
board on Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That, on Feb. 13.