Construction of software park starts in Ho Chi Minh city
Ha Noi, Jan. 6 (VNA) -- Work on construction of the Software Industrial Park of Ho Chi Minh City National University started in the outlying district of Thu Duc on Saturday, Jan. 5.
The project's first phase is built at a cost of VND 61,467 billion (USD 4.1 million) from the State budget.
In the first quarter of this year, workers will complete the installation of more than 22 km of the fibre-optic cable line linking the park and colleges of the city's university, and equipment and telecom network for the starting and nursing houses.
Besides producing software products, the park will serve cooperation programmes on training between the Ho Chi Minh City National University and its partners and enable IT students of the University to carry out research and take part in production.
The university has annually trained between 2,000 and 3,000 IT students.
The second phase of the Software Industrial Park will be built on an 19.82 ha area with investment capital coming from the State budget and different sources. The park is expected to accommondate from 500-600 programmers and IT experts in 2005.--VNA
