Ho Chi Minh City saw arecord investment amount of nearly 1.9 billion USD registered across 10projects in the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in 2014.
The figure was released by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Le Manh Ha at a conference held by the SHTP Management Boardon January 20.
Included in the 10 projects arefour foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth nearly 1.55 billionUSD, the majority of which is sourced from the Samsung CE ComplexProject valued at 1.4 billion USD.
The high-techprojects, bringing significant long-term impact to the city’s sector,played a role in naming the park, Ha said.
In2015, the park plans to further develop its infrastructure with a focuson completing the facilities required for the Samsung project.
It also expects to earn 3.3 billion USD from the export of high-tech products.
According to the park management team, in 2014 the figure stood atmore than 3.1 billion USD and comprised over 90 percent of the city’svalue. More than 32 percent of the product content were made locally.
Additionally, the SHTP Centre for Research and Development announced its four commercialised products within the year.
SHTP currently houses 68 projects with total investment over 4.1 billion USD.
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