Attending the working session at CMC Tower this morning were Director of Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Quang Thanh, Director of Department of Construction Le Tung Lam, Director of Department of Finance Nguyen Van Phung, Director of Department of Investment Promotion and Support Huynh Lien Phuong, etc.

The delegation of Da Nang City People's Committee

At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of Board of Directors of CMC updated the delegation on the progress of CMC Creative Space project in Da Nang City and Ho Chi Minh City, and affirmed the position of CMC Corporation by introducing solutions of smart city, cyber security, cloud computing (V-Cloud). Through the Creative Space project, CMC affirms its determination to stick with Da Nang City and commits to contribute to the building and development of the city in the future. CMC always wants to make contributions to the efforts to turn Da Nang into a regional and global digital service provider.

Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh talks about work progress at CMC Creative Space project in Da Nang City and Ho Chi Minh City

Representing the delegation, Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh reaffirmed that the goals of CMC Creative Space are completely in line with one of the city's development directions, which is becoming a center of high technology and information technology of the country and the region. On the basis of executing the direction of the city's Party Standing Committee, Mr. Ho Ky Minh suggested Department of Planning and Investment to approve the policy for research and investment of CMC Corporation soon, at the same time assigned related departments and agencies to quickly perform procedures in order to prepare legal bases and conditions for the investment.

Delegation of  Da Nang City People's Committee and CMC Corporation are determined to accelerate the related works of each party, so that the project can be commenced on the liberation day of the city, 29 March 2021.

At the end of the session, the delegation visited Data Center, NextGen SOC and CMC Institute of Science and Technology (CIST).

The delegation of Da Nang City People's Committee visits CMC Institute of Science and Technology (CIST)

CMC Creative Space in Da Nang includes functional subdivisions such as: research and development area; software and IT production area; Internet hubs; data center; housing area for experts and staff, and related services with amenities fully equipped according to high-end standards. CMC's goal is to build Da Nang into an international gateway in terms of data connection and storage center, as part of the strategy to turn Vietnam into a Digital Hub of the Asia-Pacific region. It is expected that the total investment for the project is 12,000 billion VND, which is divided into two phases. Through which, 2,000 job will be created in phase 1, and another 10,000 in phase 2.