The Saigon Hi-Tech Park (

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

: ''Khu Công nghệ cao Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh''; abbr.: SHTP) is a park for

high technology High technology (high tech or high-tech), also known as advanced technology (advanced tech) or exotechnology, is technology that is at the cutting edge: the highest form of technology available. It can be defined as either the most complex or ...

enterprises located 15 km from downtown

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

, opposite to Thu Duc University Village, along the

Hà Nội Highway Hà Nội Highway or Hanoi Highway (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Xa lộ Hà Nội''), also known as National Route 52 (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Quốc lộ 52''), formerly called Biên Hòa Highway (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese ...

and on the Line 1 of the

HCMC Metro The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, ) is a rapid transit system in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The system currently consists of one operational line, Line 1, Ho Chi Minh City Metro, Line 1 which opened on 22 December ...

with the High Tech Park station. The park covers an area of 326 ha (95% utilised) and is currently being expanded to 913 ha. High-tech investors are given preferential treatments here with land leases and taxation, as well as support for customs services. Several high-tech companies chose SHTP, notably: * Japanese

Nidec , formerly known as , is a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of electric motors. Their products are found in hard-disk drives, electric appliances, automobiles and commercial and manufacturing equipment. The company has the largest global m ...

(TSE:65940, NYSE:NJ, hard disk drive motors): with multiple factories under Nidec, Nidec Copal and Nidec Sankyo flagships and total investment of US $500 million for a planned 20,000 workforce *US

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...

(NASDAQ:INTC): with US $1 billion registered investment to build the largest chip assembly & test plant in the world *French

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(EPA:AI): gases for industry, health and the environment *Danish Sonion: miniature and hearing components who employs more than 2,000 workforce in SHTP *US

Jabil Jabil Inc. is an American multinational manufacturing company involved in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of electronic circuit board assemblies and systems, along with supply chain services, primarily serving original equipment manu ...

(NYSE:JBL): electronic supplier *Italian Datalogic (STAR:DAL.MI): bar codes readers. In total 26 companies were in operations in 2011, employing more than 11,000 employees and a total registered investment of US $2 billions. This park was aimed at promoting Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam as a hi-tech investor friendly destination. The new phase is focusing on education, bio-technology, start-up incubators, training centres, software, R&D, telecom. This park is one of the hi-tech parks in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, the other being Hòa Lạc Hi-Tech Park situated in the western outskirts of

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

near the

Hanoi University of Science and Technology The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST; , formerly known in English as ''Hanoi University of Technology (HUT)'' until 2010) is the first and largest technical university and the most prestigious university in Vietnam. History Af ...

(HUST) and Đà Nẵng Hi-Tech Park in

Đà Nẵng Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the list of cities in Vietnam, fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River (Vietnam), Hàn R ...

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References

External links

Saigon Hi-tech Park official websiteFrench Ambassador visit to SHTP - 2011