Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam

Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam

Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam according to Article 5 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP include:

- To have activities in line with functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology parks specified at Article 4 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP;

+ To perform activities of research – development, application and transfer of information technology;

+ To produce and trade in the information technology products, supply information technology services;

+ To train human force in information technology;

+ To perform the technology incubation and information technology enterprise incubation;

+ To perform commercial promotion in information technology; organize fairs, exhibitions or shows of the information technology products and service;

+ To promote domestic and foreign investment to promote activities of information technology;

+ To supply infrastructure, service and necessary conditions for operation of organizations and enterprises in areas performing functions and tasks specified at Article 4 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP.

- To employ at least 2,000 laborers doing specialized jobs in information technology, occupy at least 60% of total laborers working in the IT Park. For the IT park that only has concentration of software and digital content producers, and information technology service providers, must have at least 1,000 laborers doing specialized jobs in information technology, occupy at least 60% of total laborers working in the IT park.

- For the IT parks that only have concentration of the software, digital content producers and information technology service providers, total land area must be not less than 01 ha. In case where such part has more other activities, total land area must be not less than 05 ha;

- To have functional subdivisions as prescribed in Article 7 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP.

+ The concentrated information technology parks may be organized into 02 main subdivision groups:

++ The functional subdivision groups that perform functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology parks include:

+++ Subdivision for production and business of information technology products and services;

+++ Subdivision for research – development, consultancy, training, and the information technology nursery;

+++ Subdivision for offices, head offices in serve of management and administration;

+++ Subdivision for the focal technical infrastructural works such as electricity, water, telecommunication, environmental treatment, fire prevention and fight, and other technical infrastructures;

+++ Subdivision for shows, fairs, exhibitions and introduction of products and communication;

+++ Other subdivisions to perform functions of the concentrated information technology parks.

++ The functional subdivision groups that supply services for the concentrated information technology parks include:

+++ Subdivision for ecological function and residents' livelihood services;

+++ Financial subdivision, or subdivision of finance in linkage with banking;

+++ Housing subdivision in serve of experts working in the concentrated information technology parks;

+++ Other functional subdivisions that supply services for the concentrated information technology parks.

+ A concentrated information technology park may not have all the functional subdivisions as prescribed at Clause 1 of Article 7 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, but total land area of the subdivision group that performs functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology park must be ensured to occupy at least 50% of construction land area. The layout and organization of each functional subdivision may be in concentrated or dispersed form in line with actual condition of each subdivision.

+ The net construction density of a concentra

2. Investment activities in the concentrated information technology parks in Vietnam

According to Article 6 of Decree 154/2013/ND-CP, investment activities in the concentrated information technology parks include:

- Construction and business of technical infrastructural works;

- Research – development, application and transfer of information technology;

- Production and business of software products, digital contents, and information technology services;

- Production and business of hardware products, electronic products in the hi-tech list prioritized for development investment and list of hi-tech products encouraged development as prescribed by legislation on high technology;

- Training human force in information technology;

- Technology incubation and information technology enterprise incubation; commercial promotion, investment promotion in information technology.

- Provision of services for activities in the concentrated information technology parks.

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