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Incentives are being offered to allure new businesses into Danang Hi-Tech Park On June 17, Danang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones Management Authority (DHPIZA) approved the planning for the $60 million Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) factory, to be funded by Vector Fabrication Inc. from the United States. Covering an area of 40,000 square metres, the factory will produce printed circuit boards while simultaneously studying and producing MEMS. Construction is expected to start this year and the factory’s first phase will come into operation in early 2025. DHPIZA director Pham Truong Son said that since borders reopened in March, many foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) have begun to look for investment opportunities in the city’s hi-tech park and industrial zones (IZs). “Thanks to outstanding advantages, our IZs are considered a trusting destination by investors. Since early this year, Danang has granted investment registration certificates for 10 projects worth over … [Read more...] about Danang high-tech parks achieving wider attention

Hundreds of Citi volunteers joined a tree-planting campaign at Nam Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai province and Phu Ninh Primary School in Phu Tho province, with more than 1,500 trees planted in total. The campaign aims to support the Vietnamese government’s project of growing one billion trees in the next five years. “Every year since 2006, Citi employees serve the communities that they work in through Community Day events in the month of June. This year we planted trees on a large scale supporting the Vietnamese government’s 1-billion-tree initiative, aligned with Citi’s focus on ESG. Our tree planting campaign brought Citi volunteers and communities together to form a social movement for environment protection,” said Ramachandran A.S., Citi Vietnam country officer. The blood donation programmes were half-day events held in cooperation with the the Ho Chi Minh City Humanitarian Blood Donation Centre of the Red Cross and the National Hospital of Hematology and Blood … [Read more...] about Citi Vietnam organised several activities for Global Community Day 2022

Voluntary Youth Public Benefit Service Co. Ltd., which is tasked with collecting fees for on-street car parking in Ho Chi Minh City, recently announced that its fee collection arm reported a VND8 billion (US$344,200) loss in 2021. A financial statement by the company showed that its revenue from the fee collection was more than VND2 billion ($85,900) last year, a figure which pales in comparison to the firm’s VND10 billion ($429,400) in fee collection costs, including staff salaries and software rentals. The company announced it would use revenues from other business activities to compensate for the loss. The inefficiency of on-street car parking fee collection in Ho Chi Minh City resulted from difficulties in collecting fees and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Voluntary Youth Public Benefit Service Co. Ltd.. In 2021, Ho Chi Minh City enacted social distancing measures to cope with COVID-19, thereby hindering fee collection operations. In addition, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City racks up $344,200 loss from on-street car parking fee collection

High school students visit the AI Centre-Software Technology Park in Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Tuoitrenews) HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City is planning to offer courses in artificial intelligence (AI) at all secondary and high schools, starting from the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training. Deputy head of the department Nguyen Bao Quoc said that the sector is building a system to manage education, and organise teaching, learning and intelligence assessment in order to carry out the city’s smart education and lifelong learning project in the 2021-2030 period. Teaching AI at secondary and high schools is part of the important project, he added. Over the past three years, several schools in the city have been teaching AI for students, but the scale remains small and limited. In the 2022-23 academic year, Ho Chi Minh City will pilot including an AI teaching programme in the curricula at its … [Read more...] about HCM City’s students to access AI teaching next academic year

A One Stop Service Centre called “Anh Duong (Sunshine) House” opened in HCM City on June 21 to support survivors of gender-based and domestic violence.(Photo Courtesy of UNFPA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Two more One Stop Service Centres (OSSCs) on June 21 were officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City to provide integrated and essential services supporting survivors of gender-based and domestic violence. With financial contribution from the Government of Japan, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam contracted the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender – Family – Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) to establish the OSSCs called “Anh Duong (Sunshine) House”, to detect and prevent violence and support survivors via the hotline 02433335599 operating 24 hours a day. The OSSC model provides essential, comprehensive and integrated services to women and girls who are experiencing or are at risk of gender-based and domestic violence. It provides a … [Read more...] about More service centres set up to support survivors of domestic violence

A VND4.5-trillion (US$193.6 million) industrial park is set to be built later this year in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong. The Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) organized a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon to grant an investment registration certificate for the construction of Tien Thanh Industrial Park in Tien Lang District. Construction of the new industrial park, expected to cost more than VND4.5 trillion, will begin later this year on an area of 410.46 hectares. The industrial park is expected to be put into operation before 2025. Speaking at the certificate handover ceremony, HEZA head Le Trung Kien stressed its determination in ensuring the project’s progress by creating favorable conditions for the developer. Once completed, Tien Thanh Industrial Park will increase the number of industrial parks in Hai Phong to 15 parks which span a total of 6,074.75 hectares. In the first six months of 2022, Hai Phong’s industrial parks and economic zones have … [Read more...] about Northern Vietnamese city to establish new US$193.6mn industrial park

AMATA VN Group is said to be one of the leading industrial park developers in Vietnam. It has set up a footprint in the country with a total of six projects – both developed and still under development – covering an area of 2,500 hectares with total investment capital of about $840 million. The group successfully called in over $4 billion of foreign direct investment capital from more than 170 tenants and has created jobs for more than 60,000 local citizens. With a proven record of over 25 years in Vietnam, sustainability has always been a crucial part of its business operations. Through many challenges in the past few years, AMATA is proud to be among the drivers of economic growth in the communities it calls home. AMATA working towards smart and sustainable cities of the future Climate change is an emerging global challenge and the United Nations has been calling for urgent action. The Vietnamese government showed a strong commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by … [Read more...] about AMATA to play a part in smart sustainable cities of the future

The Vietnam Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has asked the Vietnamese government to consider promptly giving funds to Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railways No. 1 Company Limited (HURC 1), which is at risk of halting operation. In his recent letter to Tran Van Son, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office, Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of the JICA Vietnam Office, mentioned some issues related to the city’s Metro Line No. 1, including the urgent need of providing a budget to HURC 1 so that it can maintain operations. HURC 1, the operator of the city’s first metro project, is facing a big problem as its initial charter capital has been used up to pay for operating expenses in the past time and is now facing the risk of suspension due to lack of funds, the JICA said. Earlier in January this year, JICA sent an official letter to the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance requesting early allocation of funding to the company. … [Read more...] about JICA urges funding for operator of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line

A Japanese city has been left with more than a headache after admitting a contractor lost a USB containing personal data on all 460,000 residents during a night out. The western city of Amagasaki said Thursday that a private contractor, whose name has not been disclosed, was carrying the memory stick during drinks after work. But the individual, who was working on a municipal pandemic relief programme, lost the bag containing the USB on Tuesday evening. "We deeply regret that we have profoundly harmed the public's trust in the administration of the city," an Amagasaki official told a press conference. The information was copied onto the USB to facilitate its transfer to a call centre in nearby Osaka. It included the names, genders, addresses, birthdays and other personal information of all the city's residents, as well as tax data and bank account information on some locals, the city said. But there may be a silver lining, as the city says the data was encrypted and the USB … [Read more...] about The hangover: Japan city admits data lost after night out

The first train of the Bến Thành – Suối Tiên metro line. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hồ Chí Minh City Urban Railways No.1 Company Limited, which has run out of money for its operation, has sent a document to the Government Office asking for the Prime Minister's permission to let the People’s Committee of the HCM City make an advance payment for the company’s operating costs. The State-owned company, the operator of the Bến Thành – Suối Tiên metro line that will be put into commercial operation late next year, was established in 2015. Under a project establishing the company, it is allocated a budget to ensure its operation in the period it has no revenue because the metro line is yet to be commercially operated. The company was given a charter capital of VNĐ14 billion (US$602,000) to purchase basic office equipment, but the operating cost has not been allocated. Therefore, the company had to use the charter capital to cover operating costs. After seven years, the charter … [Read more...] about HCM City metro company out of operational funds, requests Government help