Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Chairman visit FPT Elead factory

The purpose of the visit was to understand difficulties FPT and other companies were facing in order to shape appropriate policies to increase the localization rate of technological products.

After the meeting, the delegation visited the computer assembly plant of FPT.

FPT ELead Director Ta Xuan Thuy presented an overview of the unit as well as submitted some proposals to the city leaders. Under the plan for 2014, the company would produce about 70,000 computers and gain VND 500 billion.

According to Mr. Thuy, some equipment and components must be heavily taxed at import duty rate ranging from 10-20% while CBU computer was taxed at 0%. Furthermore, components sent abroad for exchange or warranty were taxed.

Mr. Le Hoang Quan said that HCM City People's Committee would report the Ministry of Finance in order to tackle the shortage of capital. "IT is one of four sectors prioritized by the city. Following this survey, the Department of Information and Communications will build a detailed report, including the recommendations by units. I believe in the leading position of FPT as the Corporation has its role. The city will do its utmost to support FPT", said Le Hoang Quan.

After the meeting, the delegation visited the computer assembly plant of FPT.

Located in Tan Binh Industrial Park, HCMC, FPT Elead factory covers an area of ​​ over 2,000 m2 with its capacity of up to 250,000 machines per year and achieves ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 for environment and ISO 17025:2005 for laboratory.

In recent years, FPT Elead has achieved many important awards such as Vietnam Gold Star Award 2006, Gold Medal for hardware units in 2011, and Vietnam’s leading PC 2011 etc.

See more photos of the visit here.