Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park implements dual goals of digital transformation

On the morning of April 16, the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City Hi-Tech Park (HITP) held a conference to meet with businesses to receive opinions and exchange experiences with representatives of departments and businesses that have been licensed to invest in the HITP. The HITP Management Board set out the direction and tasks of activities in 2024, implementing the dual goals of digital transformation and green transformation.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi, Head of the Management Board of the Industrial Park, said that the unit has completed the goals and targets according to the plan (period 2021-2025) such as: focusing on implementing activities to improve the investment environment and develop technical infrastructure in the Industrial Park.

From 2021 to present, the Hi-Tech Park has attracted investment in 6 new projects with a total capital of 186,898,750 USD (of which: FDI 76,963,950 USD, domestic 109,934,800 USD), accounting for 11% of the city's new project investment attraction capital. The number of land leasing projects is 5/6 projects with a land leasing area of 52,992 ^m2 , a total investment capital of 179,934,800 USD and the investment rate on land of the land leasing project is 33,955,344 USD/ha, 5 times higher than that of the Industrial Park - Export Processing Zone.

Although the number of projects in this period has decreased, the high technology content and large investment rate are in line with the orientation of attracting high-tech investment. The attracted investment capital exceeds more than 50% of the plan for the entire period of 2021-2025. During this period, investment capital from FDI companies has increased significantly.

Up to now, the Industrial Park has 164 projects with valid investment registration certificates with a total investment capital of 12.4 billion USD. Of which, foreign direct investment projects are 10.14 billion USD/53 projects (accounting for 32.32%); domestic projects are 2.24 billion USD/111 projects (accounting for 67.68%). In addition, the enterprises that have been put into operation have created jobs for more than 47,000 workers.

The KCNC Management Board sets out the direction and tasks for 2024 to businesses, aiming to develop the dual goal of digital transformation - green transformation such as: Developing 17 pioneering technologies for green transformation (IoT, concentrated solar energy, Blockchain, nanotechnology, 5G, biofuels, electric vehicles...) and 10 emerging technologies (such as flexible batteries, bio-generated AI, sustainable aviation fuel, phage design, sensors for plants, AI healthcare...).

By 2029, strive to have the rate of renewable energy use account for about 20%; the rate of energy saving increase compared to the scenario from 7%-10%; reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy activities compared to the scenario from 15%-35%; the number of green buildings reaches 100% of newly built buildings.

Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi, Head of Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park

"The goal by 2030-2045 is that the High-Tech Park will become an innovative science and technology urban area. In 2024, the Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park will be consolidated and the one-stop mechanism will be in place, taking advantage of these policies to accompany businesses in quickly implementing projects for early operation. Through the conference, the Management Board hopes that businesses will always accompany and strictly implement regulations on investment activity reporting, R&D reporting, properly implement the contents of the investment registration certificate and other financial obligations to contribute to building the High-Tech Park to develop more and more, worthy of being the economic locomotive of the city", Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi emphasized.

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