Chương 1 Nghị định 154/2013/NĐ-CP: Quy định chung

Chapter 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application

1. This Decree stipulates on the establishments, expansion, recognition of the concentrated information technology parks; organization and management of operation, regime, policy and state management for the concentrated information technology parks.

2. This Decree applies to Vietnamese organizations and individuals, foreign organizations and individuals participating in investment, establishment, management and other activities related to the concentrated information technology parks.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Decree, the following terms are construed as follows:

1. The concentrated information technology park means a zone concentrating activities of research – development, training, production of and trading in information technology products and services, infrastructure provision, information technology service provision for organizations, enterprises and other activities related to information technology.

2. Investors of the concentrated information technology park mean organizations and individuals owning capital or representative of owners directly managing, using capital to perform investment in construction of the concentrated information technology parks.

Article 3. Objectives of the concentrated information technology parks

The concentrated information technology parks have the following objectives:

1. To form centers of information technology, create infrastructures for information technology application and development; promote development of information technology industry; form center of research-development of information technology products, serve for training, transferring information technology in the field of information technology; information technology enterprise incubation;

2. To create advantage environment for investment activities aiming to attract domestic and foreign capital and technology, contribute in construction of information technology industry to become a key economic sector of nation;

3. To create a working environment satisfying international standards attract laborers with high quality, contribute in increase the competitive capability of Vietnamese information technology enterprises;

4. To create the information technology products and services that are able to replace import products, contribute in promoting development of fields such as: Telecommunication, finance, banking, customs, aviation, commerce, e-commerce and public services, education, training, health, security and national defense;

5. To contribute in the economic growth, increasing the production technology qualification and competition of products, goods and services of Vietnamese enterprises; raising the information technology position and trademark of Vietnam;

6. To form centers supplying infrastructure and services of information technology and communications.

Article 4. Function, tasks of the concentrated information technology parks

The concentrated information technology parks have the following functions and tasks:

1. To perform activities of research – development, application and transfer of information technology;

2. To produce and trade in the information technology products, supply information technology services;

3. To train human force in information technology;

4. To perform the technology incubation and information technology enterprise incubation;

5. To perform commercial promotion in information technology; organize fairs, exhibitions or shows of the information technology products and service;

6. To promote domestic and foreign investment to promote activities of information technology;

7. To supply infrastructure, service and necessary conditions for operation of organizations and enterprises in areas performing functions and tasks specified at this Article.

Article 5. Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks

Criteria of the concentrated information technology parks include:

1. To have activities in line with functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology parks specified at Article 4 of this Decree;

2. To employ at least 2,000 laborers doing specialized jobs in information technology, occupy at least 60% of total laborers working in the IT Park. For the IT park that only has concentration of software and digital content producers, and information technology service providers, must have at least 1,000 laborers doing specialized jobs in information technology, occupy at least 60% of total laborers working in the IT park.

3. For the IT parks that only have concentration of the software, digital content producers and information technology service providers, total land area must be not less than 01 ha. In case where such part has more other activities, total land area must be not less than 05 ha;

4. To have functional subdivisions as prescribed in Article 7 of this Decree.

Article 6. Investment activities in the concentrated information technology parks

Investment activities in the concentrated information technology parks include:

1. Construction and business of technical infrastructural works;

2. Research – development, application and transfer of information technology;

3. Production and business of software products, digital contents, and information technology services;

4. Production and business of hardware products, electronic products in the hi-tech list prioritized for development investment and list of hi-tech products encouraged development as prescribed by legislation on high technology;

5. Training human force in information technology;

6. Technology incubation and information technology enterprise incubation; commercial promotion, investment promotion in information technology.

7. Provision of services for activities in the concentrated information technology parks.

Article 7. Organization of the functional subdivisions of the concentrated information technology parks

1. The concentrated information technology parks may be organized into 02 main subdivision groups:

a) The functional subdivision groups that perform functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology parks include:

- Subdivision for production and business of information technology products and services;

- Subdivision for research – development, consultancy, training, and the information technology nursery;

- Subdivision for offices, head offices in serve of management and administration;

- Subdivision for the focal technical infrastructural works such as electricity, water, telecommunication, environmental treatment, fire prevention and fight, and other technical infrastructures;

- Subdivision for shows, fairs, exhibitions and introduction of products and communication;

- Other subdivisions to perform functions of the concentrated information technology parks.

b) The functional subdivision groups that supply services for the concentrated information technology parks include:

- Subdivision for ecological function and residents' livelihood services;

- Financial subdivision, or subdivision of finance in linkage with banking;

- Housing subdivision in serve of experts working in the concentrated information technology parks;

- Other functional subdivisions that supply services for the concentrated information technology parks.

2. A concentrated information technology park may not have all the functional subdivisions as prescribed at Clause 1 this Article, but total land area of the subdivision group that performs functions and tasks of the concentrated information technology park must be ensured to occupy at least 50% of construction land area. The layout and organization of each functional subdivision may be in concentrated or dispersed form in line with actual condition of each subdivision.

3. The net construction density of a concentrated information technology park does not exceed 40% of land area of the IT Park.