The first bricks
After just over 20 years since the administrative division, Da Nang City directly under the Central Government, the urban area has increased more than 4 times. The traffic infrastructure has been expanded, upgraded, renovated and newly built synchronously.
In particular, during this period, Da Nang has built more than 10 new bridges across rivers. Among them, many bridges have become symbols of the city's tourism, typical architectural works... such as the Han River swing bridge, Tran Thi Ly cable-stayed bridge, Dragon bridge, bridge across Thuan Phuoc estuary...
This was also the period when Da Nang set up the best care programs for the people such as "5 no's" - No hungry households, no illiterate people, no beggars, no drug addicts in the community, no murder for robbery; "3 yes's" - Having housing, having jobs, having a civilized urban lifestyle. So Da Nang became a "livable" city like today.
However, that period of brilliant development has passed, resources - especially land - are no longer the main strength and resource to exploit. Da Nang is also not a locality with the potential to develop agriculture or heavy industry. Therefore, since the early 2010s, Da Nang leaders have had a new mindset, shifting growth direction. In which, focusing on developing high-tech industry.
In 2015, Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Huynh Duc Tho invited and created all favorable conditions for FPT Corporation to move its "headquarters" to Da Nang. Mr. Tho said, "I was attracted by the vision, viewpoint on the mission, and core values of this corporation. Because FPT's dynamism, creativity, and youthfulness are very similar to Da Nang." At this time, the city began to change direction, focusing on investing in the IT sector, exporting software, training, and using high-quality human resources.
Da Nang has built a series of infrastructures such as software technology center buildings, high-tech zones, concentrated information technology zones, software parks, etc. At the same time, it has deployed training of high-quality human resources. These are the first bricks of Da Nang in the journey to realize the dream of breakthrough innovation in growth model.
To date, Da Nang has 2,450 digital technology enterprises, ranking second in the country, after Ho Chi Minh City. Da Nang also has 46,000 digital technology workers.
2023 is a milestone in proactively finding new development drivers for Da Nang. Including the semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) industrial ecosystem. The city has implemented many solutions to lay the foundation for semiconductor chip development, one of the breakthroughs to innovate the growth model.
At the end of 2023, the Management Board of Da Nang High-Tech Park and Industrial Zones granted a license to Taiwan's Foxlink International Investment Ltd. to invest in the Foxlink Da Nang electronics factory project in Da Nang High-Tech Park. The project has a total investment of 135 million USD, specializing in the production of high-tech electronic devices such as touch pens, wireless headphones, battery packs, charging stations, electronic printed circuits, etc.
On this occasion, the Representative Office and Research and Development Center (R&D) located in An Don Industrial Park, Son Tra District were also put into operation. The center has more than 700 leading experts in the field of product development nationwide, invested in construction and establishment with the goal of reaching 500 product development personnel within 3 years with 15 new product groups created, quickly responding to specialized problems of digital transformation. The expectation is to create an environment to attract and nurture technology talents, making Da Nang a sponsor for a series of new technology products, capable of conquering domestic and international markets.
In particular, since the Vietnam-US relationship was upgraded to a comprehensive strategic partnership, the high-tech industry - especially semiconductor technology, microchip technology and information technology industry - 2 of the 5 key sectors of Da Nang according to Resolution 43 of the Politburo - is facing new opportunities.
Decisive in orientation and action
Within the framework of the Roundtable Discussion Program Connecting US Businesses and Vietnamese Localities jointly organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Embassy of Vietnam in the US, the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco (USA) and the US-ASEAN Business Council in mid-November 2023, Da Nang City and Synopsys Company signed a memorandum of understanding demonstrating their common commitment, creating a foundation for official cooperation. The working delegation of Da Nang City led by Mr. Nguyen Van Quang, Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee, had working sessions with leading US companies and corporations in the field of microchips and semiconductors.
On this occasion, Da Nang organized an Investment Promotion Workshop “Da Nang - Investment Destination in the Semiconductor Sector” with the participation of more than 30 guests representing leaders of businesses operating in the semiconductor supply chain in the US.
At the workshop, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Danang Investment Promotion and Support Board and ITSJ-G Company - a company operating in the field of design and production of electrical and electronic components, with many years of experience participating in the semiconductor industry supply chain. In the US, Danang leaders had meetings and worked with leading companies and corporations in the field of semiconductor chips such as Qorvo, Marvell, Nvidia, and Intel Corporation.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quang, Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee, said that the city needs to move quickly, approach and seize this opportunity soon. The city is fully capable of implementing the two fields of chip design and semiconductor microcircuits.
At the end of 2023, Da Nang also announced the Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. Mr. Truong Gia Binh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPT Group, affirmed that Da Nang announced this Planning at a historic time, as a fulcrum for the semiconductor industry.
“This is the time when small chips made by Vietnamese people can contribute to the future of the country. Da Nang has many opportunities to become the Silicon Valley of Vietnam, in which the semiconductor industry is developed. Da Nang has the highest number of universities/population in the country, with students accounting for 10% of the population,” said Mr. Binh.
The People's Committee of Da Nang City is also promoting the development of mechanisms and policies to promote human resource development and financial mechanisms to support the development of microchips and semiconductors in the coming time. These are the bases and foundations for innovating the growth model of Da Nang in the coming period.
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