Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park to have $65-mln software R&D centreA software development centre will be developed by ETC Technology Systems SJC (ETC) at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi with an investment of nearly 1.48 trillion VND (some 65 million USD). Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Dai Duong speaks at a ceremony on March 27 approving the development of Itera software development centre at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park. (Photo: MoST)The 3.86-hectares Itera software development centre will be built in two phases from 2018 to 2023, featuring zones for R&D activities of general and hi-tech software and centres for product promotion and database. Itera is a hi-tech complex that produces, supplies and promotes the use of hi-tech software in both public agencies and private businesses, said ETC Chairman Pham Tien Hung at a ceremony on March 27 where the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park management board presented an investment approval decision to the company. Located in Thach That and Quoc Oai districts, the 1,586-hectare Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park has been developed a science city hosting investors in biotechnology, information – communication, new material technology, and automation.
