A senior official from Ho Chi Minh City has said that the metropolis will form its own science area, whose organization is similar to that of a famous Japanese science city.
Nguyen Thien Nhan, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, said Monday during his trip to Japan that the city of Tsukuba is an excellent example for a future Vietnamese science area to follow.
“The understanding of the science city of Tsukuba will provide us with a basis for the creation of a prototypical city where science and technology are put to use,” he said.
He was particularly impressed with Tsukuba’s successful policies of attracting experts and measures in urban planning and management which are facilitative to local growth.
The secretary asked the Vietnamese leaders of the municipal department of architecture and planning who accompanied him to work with Tsukuba so as to obtain more knowledge of the model.
Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) presents a souvenir to Igarashi Tastuo, Tsukuba’s mayor, during his trip to Japan. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
In Ho Chi Minh City’s perspective, a modern to-be-built area that it calls ‘science city’ covers its three adjacent sections of Thu Duc District, District 2 and District 9.
Thu Duc District is expected to be home to a number of prestigious universities of the city, while District 2 serves as a future commercial center, and District 9 focuses on developing science, technology and innovation around the nucleus of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park, which has already been in operation for a long time.
The science city of Tsukuba, spanning 2,700 hectares as a national project, includes residential buildings, educational institutions, commercial sites, national laboratories and research institutes, according to Mayor Igarashi Tastuo.
The city, inhabited by around 250,000 people, was founded partly to reduce the population of neighboring Tokyo, and is the vanguard in science and technology in Japan.
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