Hoa Lac Park sets to be national hi-tech centre

Hanoi (VNA) - The Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park located in western Hanoi will be developed into a national centre for hi-tech research, development and application, stated the park's master plan which had got the Prime Minister's nod.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Dr Nguyen Van Lang said the park
will feature all infrastructure facilities and services areas of a modern
scientific and technological city.

High technologies to be developed in the park include IT,
telecommunications, electronics, biodiversity, mechanical electronics,
machinery manufacturing, new materials and fuels, said Lang, who is also
Head of the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park Management Board.

According to the master plan, the 1,586-ha Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park will house
10 functional areas which engage in software, research and application,
industry and hi-technology, education and training, a headquarters, hi-end
services, apartments-offices, recreational and sports centre.

A waste water treatment plant capable of processing 6,000 cu. m a day is
currently under construction at the park, which will also have another plant
with a capacity of treating 8,000 cu. m of waste water a day in the future.

The park is predicted to accommodate around 143,5000 people by 2015 and
229,000 people by 2020.

The Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park Management Board has to date granted investment
licences to 28 projects with a total registered capital of 587 million
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