Da Nang Hold Series of International Information Technology Activities

From 21st to 24th October, the Danang People’s Committee in collaboration with the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) will organize an important international chain of information technology activities, including: Smart City Summit 2019 – The 3rd Smart City Summit 2019 and Japan Information Technology Day 2019 – The 12th Japan ICT Day 2019 in Danang.

Smart City Summit is an annual international event being held to promote cooperation, experience sharing, and smart city building strategy for the cities in the area, based on new technology platforms such as: IoT, Big Data, AI, SMAC… they help to manage the city’s performance and bring practical utilities, social security to the citizen, accelerate the digital transformation process of governments and orgazations, enterprise.

The summit will have the participation of 600 delegates, including about 200 international delegates, including senior leaders of the Government, ministries and central branches of Vietnam; leaders of major cities in Vietnam and the region; leaders of leading enterprises, technology corporations of Vietnam and the world.

The summit will be an opportunity for Danang to acquire and build a smart city, based on the scientific and technological foundations of advanced countries in the world, to build a smart and modern city, application of Information Technology (IT) to management and operation to bring high efficiency in the process of development and investment attraction.

Japan ICT Day is a cooperative promotion activity for Vietnam and Japan IT enterprises organized annually by VINASA and Vietnam – Japan Cooperation Committee (VJC), starting from 2007. The program was the sponsorship of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the coordination and support of many Japanese organizations such as the Embassy of Japan, JETRO, JISA, JEITA, KEIS, OADC, CSAJ, JASA,…

Japan ICT Day 2019 with the theme “Vietnam-Japan cooperation to promote digital transformation” will have the participation of 350 delegates, including nearly 100 delegates from Japan, with 3 topics: Cooperation Vietnam-Japan IT in the new technology trend; Developing IT human resources for Vietnam – Japan IT cooperation; Improve the efficiency in software outsourcing. Japan ICT Day 2019 is also expected to create a highlight to further promote Vietnam-Japan IT cooperation in Danang in particular and cooperation between localities of Japan and Danang in all fields.

Danang holds the 3rd Smart City Summit 2019 and the 12th Japan ICT Day 2019 continue the target of “’The year continues to promote attract investment “of the city, and at the same time promote the process of building a smart city in Danang.

By the events, Danang wishes to complete the process of establishing a smart city in the near future, and attracting and learning the experiences of advanced countries in the world. This is also an opportunity for investors around the world to set up company in Danang in the future, to be able to give the best benefits not only for investors but also for the development of Danang city.

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Vision to develop logistics services in Da Nang | ANT Consulting

Da Nang, with its favorable geographical location, lies on the arterial North-South traffic axis in terms of road, rail, sea and air, is an important traffic gateway of the Central – Central Highlands and is the end point on the East-West Economic Corridor running through Vietnam – Laos – Myanmar – Thailand, converging types of transport from air, seaport, railway, expressway, especially with deep water ports. Therefore, Da Nang has a great potential to develop into a maritime transport center, an important logistics hub to countries in the region. 

In the economic development orientation and in the Politburo’s Resolution No. 43-NQ/TW dated January 24, 2019 on Da Nang construction and development to 2030, a vision to 2045 defines: Danang will focus on exploiting advantages to soon become a marine economic center, forming logistics service supply chains for the Central and Central Highlands. 

To comply with the Resolution, currently, in parallel with the expansion of the port, Da Nang is also actively calling for investment in logistics centers. Of which, 20 hectares in Hoa Vang district, 2 hectares in the north of Da Nang airport, 9.1 hectares in the High-Tech Park. At the same time, promote the early operation of highways Da Nang – Quang Ngai, La Son – Tuy Loan… to awaken potentials, promote trade links, connect industrial zones, economic zones in the region, thereby becoming the driving force to promote the city’s logistics services industry. 

In addition, Da Nang will build a new Lien Chieu port as a transport port, Tien Sa port will be a tourist port in order to promote the central role of the international seaport city and urban seaport. According to the Department of Planning and Investment of the city, the Lien Chieu port project is currently completing the environmental impact assessment report, submitting for appraisal and approval of the subdivision planning project 1/2,000. City leaders suggested early appraisal of capital sources and capital balancing capabilities, and proposed to allocate central budget capital to support projects. In the next phases, Lien Chieu port will attract investors in logistics items. This is an important premise for Da Nang to promote the role of a key maritime route in the Central region and a logistics center in the region. 

With the above orientation, it is expected that in the coming time, the market of transport services and logistics in the city will develop more vibrantly, raising the quality of services not only in the city but in the region. It is hoped that more companies will invest, set up company and apply for investment certificate in Da Nang in the area of logistics and logistics support.

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Why background check is needed when applying for second passport? | ANT Consulting

Nowadays, it is popular for individuals to have a second passport. It can be seen that in many countries, individuals are restricted to travel freely between countries. Typically, such nationals whom wish to travel abroad are required to apply for a visa which takes a lot of paper preparation for proof of financial status, legitimate reasons and waiting time. 

The investment for second citizenship will help investors get a more powerful passport, less limited mobility, especially in European countries. This is also an invaluable advantage for those who wish to expand their business opportunities internationally. Different countries will have different citizenship investment programs, the most common forms of contribution to national funds and investing in real estate in that country. 

However, in addition to the mandatory conditions for the investment, in order to be able to receive the passport, the investor also needs to go through a certain application review process. Normally, the countries that grant citizenship to foreign citizens will conduct judicial background verification, background check, criminal record, and the investor’s health status such as Cyprus, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary. In particular, the applicant will have to be qualified for civil liability. There are countries that are particularly concerned about the investor’s health such as Malta, which requires the individual applying to have global health insurance, investors and families need to prove that they purchased health insurance in their immigration application. In Cyprus, in order to pass the document check, investors also need to provide proof of the investment money source. Similar in Malta, Montenegro the investors need to present documents proving that the money has legal origin. Sometime, there are needs to verify the legitimate of the documents provided by the applicants. 

Further, verification of employment, salary, income, assets are also important for the review process. To some extents, the investors and their companies are also assessed for reputation and adverse media impact. In some countries, investors need to have documents certifying that they have resided there for a specific period of time at the request of the Government. In Malta, for example, the investor needs to reside here for 12 months before applying. In Bulgaria or Antigua & Barbuda, after being granted citizenship, investors need to reside in these countries for a certain period of time. For the citizenship by investment program in Montenegro, the application will only be accepted when it is submitted through a government-licensed agent under the program.

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Many New Projects Are Implemented in Dong Nai | ANT Consulting

Dong Nai People’s Committee has just announced 11 major real estate projects that will be implemented in 2020, while big real estate corporations also announced the implementation of many projects this year. This will motivate and attract investors coming to set up company in Dong Nai province.      

Novaland Group is implementing the Aqua City Urban Project in Long Hung Commune, Bien Hoa City. The project is built on an area of 600 hectares, divided into sections such as high-rise areas, schools, sports clubs, children’s play areas, marinas… Currently, the project is developing such products as villas, townhouses for sale, expected to hand over to customers in 2021. 

Meanwhile, Hung Thinh Corporation has just announced the deployment of Phase II, Bien Hoa New City Project in Bien Hoa City. The project covers an area of 118.95 hectares. This enterprise will develop more than 1,000 products, the segment is mainly villas and townhouses. 

Recently, according to the People’s Committee of Dong Nai Province, in 2020, the province will implement more than 310 residential projects, with a total area of nearly 9,300 hectares. The above plan includes transition projects from 2019 and new projects implemented this year. Project locations are concentrated in Nhon Trach, Long Thanh Commune and Bien Hoa City. 

Amata City Long Thanh has strategic location, adjacent to Dong Nai River and right on the new highway connecting Long Thanh Airport in the future with Ho Chi Minh City. 

In addition, in Long Thanh, a number of other major projects were announced in the land use plan such as Binh Son New Urban Area (555 hectares), FPT Dong Nai High-tech Education Urban Area (314 hectares), Binh Son Resettlement Area (284 hectares). 

In Nhon Trach District, Nhon Trach Investment Joint Stock Company also plans to build a residential area in Phu Thanh, Long Tan and Vinh Thanh communes (Nhon Trach district), with an area of 753 hectares. There are also a number of other projects such as Long Tan – Phu Thanh Ecological Tourism Urban Area (331 hectares), Dai Phuoc Tourist Urban Area (131 hectares), Long Tan Residential Area (125 hectares) … 

In Bien Hoa City, the largest project is Long Thanh Ecological Urban Area, with an area of 300 hectares invested by Long Thanh Golf Business and Investment Joint Stock Company. The project has a population of about 19,000 people with 118 hectares of 36-hole golf course, more than 105 hectares of land for adjoining houses, villas and mixed houses. 

In addition, Himlamland Real Estate Joint Stock Company has just announced plans to develop an apartment project with about 6,000 apartments in Bien Hoa city in 2020. 

Dong Nai is a locality with a relatively large housing demand, with about 1.2 million workers in need of housing. These are workers outside the province who are working in industrial zones in the province. 

In addition, because of its proximity to Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai is attracting many buyers from Ho Chi Minh City.

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