Dossier of establishment of the concentrated information technology park in Vietnam

Dossier of establishment of the concentrated information technology park in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is concentrated information technology park?

According to Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, the concentrated information technology park means a zone concentrating activities of research – development, training, production of and trading in information technology products and services, infrastructure provision, information technology service provision for organizations, enterprises and other activities related to information technology.

2. Conditions for establishment of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam

Specifically, in Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, the conditions for establishment of the concentrated information technology parks include:

- To conform to the approved overall planning on development of the concentrated information technology parks;

- The functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology park must conform to provisions in Article 4 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP;

- The concentrated information technology parks which are operating on geographical area have land area of subdivision group for functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology parks already been leased, subleased a percentage of not less than 60% minimally.

3. Dossier of establishment of the concentrated information technology park in Vietnam

 According to Article 11 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, dossier of establishment of the concentrated information technology park includes:

- Report of the provincial People’s Committee submitted to the Prime Minister for the establishment of the concentrated information technology parks.

- Scheme on establishment of the concentrated information technology park includes the following principal contents:

+ The necessity and legal basis of the establishment;

+ Report analyzing the ability of satisfying criteria specified in Article 5 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP;

+ Assessment on conditions of geography, natural, economic-social positions of the zone where is anticipated to build the concentrated information technology parks;

+ Description on direction of zone development including development objectives, functions, tasks, development direction of information technology activities; development orientations of functional divisions, orientations of land use; assessment on economic-social efficiency anticipated to attain;

+ Estimate of total investment, methods to mobilize capital sources for investment in construction of the system of general technical infrastructure and technical infrastructure of functional divisions;

+ Solutions to organize the construction and management of the IT Park;

+ The plan on zoning the IT park on the planning map;

+ An authenticated copy of Decision on approving the environmental impact assessment report of project on technical infrastructure construction of the concentrated information technology parks enclosed with the approved environment impact assessment report.

4. Objectives of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam

According to Article 3 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, the concentrated information technology parks have the following objectives:

- To form centers of information technology, create infrastructures for information technology application and development; promote development of information technology industry;

Form center of research-development of information technology products, serve for training, transferring information technology in the field of information technology; information technology enterprise incubation;

- To create advantage environment for investment activities aiming to attract domestic and foreign capital and technology, contribute in construction of information technology industry to become a key economic sector of nation;

- To create a working environment satisfying international standards attract laborers with high quality, contribute in increase the competitive capability of Vietnamese information technology enterprises;

- To create the information technology products and services that are able to replace import products, contribute in promoting development of fields such as:

Telecommunication, finance, banking, customs, aviation, commerce, e-commerce and public services, education, training, health, security and national defense;

- To contribute in the economic growth, increasing the production technology qualification and competition of products, goods and services of Vietnamese enterprises; raising the information technology position and trademark of Vietnam;

- To form centers supplying infrastructure and services of information technology and communications.

Thanh Rin

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