Writer: Tran Thi Thu Trang / No.19
The article mentions the urban development with the heavy investment from domestic and international organizations and with the efforts to transform and enhance Hanoi as a global city, including Economic industrialization and high-tech clustering; developing the metropolitan fabric such as transportation, housing, commercial places,…
Accordingly, among the innovative activities, I’m quite interested in Hoa Lac Hi-tech park (HHTP) – one of the first projects of the Vietnamese Government with the aim to develop hi-tech industry and national R&D with the total area of 15.5. km2. The main functions of HHTP are Education and Training, Software – R&D – Silicon Valley, General Service area, Residential and office buildings, Hotels and facilities for experts and workers, Entertainment and sports center. HHTP is known as a platform of modern city with full of utility services and the main functional areas as above. The location of HHTP is also quite convenient, 25km from the center of Hanoi and 40km from Noi Bai Airport, next to Hanoi National University and other academic institutions, via Thang Long highway – the longest and most modern highway in Vietnam. In my opinion, with the pressure on the transportation with the huge population in Hanoi which is expected to reach 10 million by 2030, HHTP seems to be a good location for the living with jobs,
utility services, and entertainment with modern technology in a real community. As a result, this could help decrease the environmental pollution, transportation & traffic congestion, land insufficient,… in Hanoi. However, the fact shows that many local Vietnamese, especially parents and students seem to be afraid of living far away from center of Hanoi without any affordable and reliable commuting system. Therefore, HHTP really needs to focus more to develop more higher education projects towards the knowledge economy, to satisfy and attract more people to enjoy their living and working/studying there.
Sources: journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cities
The new Hanoi: Opportunities and challenges for future urban development
Technopark are very important in France and there is some in Nantes. Do you think you could find an example of firm or new product coming from this organization ?