On the morning of January 16, Da Nang City held a ceremony to announce the Decision to expand and inaugurate the Da Nang Software Park No. 2. The event marked an important step forward in completing the city's technology infrastructure, while creating favorable conditions for the development of information technology, semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
The Opening Ceremony was attended by Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh, Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister.
Software Park No. 2 officially came into operation and put into use the 8-storey ICT1 Building with a total floor area of over 39,000m2, and an exploitation area of 21,000m2. Priority is given to strategic partners, strategic investors, small businesses, innovative businesses in the semiconductor and artificial intelligence sectors. Currently, more than 30 businesses have registered to rent offices at ICT1 Building with a total registered area of about 25,000m2, exceeding the rental area of ICTI Building.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Le Trung Chinh, Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City, said that the Ceremony to announce the Decision to expand and open the Da Nang Software Park No. 2 is an important milestone in the journey of building and developing the city in general and the digital economy and digital technology industry in particular. Creating momentum for the development of Da Nang City in the period when the country enters the era of national development.
"Thus, after more than 15 years of effort and determination, Da Nang continues to form another software park. The entire city currently has 4 concentrated information technology parks, along with the information technology parks being planned and built, promoting the shift in the city's economic structure.
From a software outsourcing place in the early 2000s with a processing ratio of more than 80%, the city has now shifted to developing the production of information technology products and services, with the processing ratio dropping to below 40%. The proportion of the digital economy in 2023 will account for 20.69% of the city's GRDP, exceeding the target set for 2025 of 20%," said Mr. Le Trung Chinh.
At the opening ceremony, there was also a Memorandum of Understanding between Da Nang city and strategic partners in the fields of semiconductors and artificial intelligence according to Resolution No. 136/2024/QH15.
