the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on July 9 officially launched the trial version of the city’s Digital Investment Promotion Infrastructure, known as HCMCInvest.
The platform is designed to provide comprehensive data and utility tools for investors, fostering transparency, creating a synchronized data ecosystem, and enhancing the overall efficiency of investment promotion activities.
Chairman of the City People’s Committee, Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc, stated that this initial version of HCMCInvest provides investors with essential information regarding the city’s investment climate. This includes urban planning, infrastructure, land funds, and priority sectors, as well as critical data to support the research and decision-making process.
According to Mr. Duoc, the platform will be continuously refined. Consequently, city leaders are calling for collaboration and feedback from the business community, investors, and the public to improve the platform.
"The city’s goal is to build a modern, transparent, and user-friendly digital infrastructure. This will allow investors to easily access official information, shorten market research time, and ultimately improve the city's investment environment and competitiveness in its new stage of development," said Mr. Duoc.
According to Director of the National Digital Transformation Authority (under the Ministry of Science and Technology), Mr. Tran Duy Ninh, the platform is expected to be closely integrated with the city’s socio-economic development and could serve as a model for replication across the country.
Providing further details, Mr. Tran Van Chin, Chairman of Arobid Technology JSC, explained that HCMCInvest was developed under a "proactive state" model. In this framework, the government sets the vision and "orders" the solution, while businesses partner to implement it. This approach aims to modernize investment promotion through a data-driven, transparent, and measurable system.
Under this model, the HCMC People’s Committee holds the role of orientation and management; the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCMC (ITPC) acts as the focal point for coordination and operation; and Arobid is responsible for research, development, and technical operations.
“HCMCInvest contributes to enhancing the quality of investor services, improving the investment climate, and strengthening the city’s competitive edge,” Mr. Chin said.
Leveraging AI and Big Data, HCMCInvest supports advanced information searching, investor matchmaking, demand analysis, and interest tracking. It also facilitates more effective interaction between the government and both domestic and foreign investment communities.
According to Arobid representatives, this model maximizes public-private partnership by leveraging the innovative capabilities of Vietnamese enterprises to develop digital infrastructure for the public good.
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