Discussions about the development of the CMC Creative Space in Da Nang emerged on the spotlight of a recent meeting in HCM City between a delegation from Da Nang, led by municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh, and representatives from the telecoms and IT giant CMC Corporation.

Vice Chairman Minh (3rd left) taking a souvenir photo with representatives from the telecoms and IT giant CMC Corporation

Mr Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CMC Corporation, pledged that CMC would give active support to Da Nang during an ambitious journey of developing itself into a digital service provider at regional and global levels.

For his part, Vice Chairman Minh affirmed that the establishment of the CMC Creative Space is completely consistent with the city’s development strategies in a bid to realise its goals of developing itself into a hi-tech and IT hub in Viet Nam. He hoped that work is expected to start on this much-awaited project in the city on 29 March 2021.

It is known that the inception of the CMC Creative Space in Da Nang is aimed at developing the city into Viet Nam’s international gateway for data storage and connection, within the framework of CMC Corporation’s landmark strategy of highly supporting the country’s ongoing path of turning itself into a digital hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

The 12,000 billion VND, two-staged project will comprise of such functional subdivisions as research and development (R &D), software production and information technology (IT) areas, an internet hub; a data centre, workplaces for staff and other high- end auxiliary facilities with sufficient modern amenities.

Under the project, job opportunities will be created for 2,000 and 10,000 employment seekers in the 1st and 2nd stages, respectively.

By TRIEU TUNG - Translated by M.D