The event was attended by Prime Minister Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, former Vice President Mrs. Nguyen Thi Doan, Minister of Science and Technology Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Construction Mr. Tran Hong Minh, Standing Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Mr. Le Hong Son, CMC Chairman Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, and leaders from ministries, agencies, major customers, and partners of CMC Corporation.

This is the second complex in CMC’s CCS-branded creative space chain, following the success of CCS Tan Thuan in Ho Chi Minh City. While CCS Tan Thuan serves as a data infrastructure hub, CCS Hanoi is designed to become an open artificial intelligence center (C.OpenAI) – a hub of core technologies and a central driver in CMC’s global development strategy for the acceleration phase.

With a total investment of USD 300 million, the complex is being built on a land area of over 11,000 m², comprising 23 above-ground floors and 3 basement levels, with a total floor area of over 90,000 m². CCS Hanoi is not just a technology office complex but a comprehensive integrated ecosystem, including: a data center, R&D space, training area, and start-up incubation zone – where more than 5,000 technology engineers will work, research, and connect.

Image 1: Prime Minister and leaders of ministries, agencies, local authorities, and CMC Board of Directors press the groundbreaking button for the CCS Hanoi project

Creative space begins with data infrastructure
According to the design plan, the core of the complex is the CMC Data Center – providing computing, storage, and connectivity infrastructure for digital platforms being developed within the CMC ecosystem. This is not CMC’s first data center but will feature the latest-generation Hyperscale DC technology, Uptime Tier 3+ standard, with IT infrastructure supporting AI, offering an AI, Cloud, Security, Big Data, and next-generation network technology ecosystem.

CMC views this as the “digital heart” of CCS Hanoi, maintaining reliability, safety, and operational performance for its core technology product and service systems.
From this data center, other infrastructure layers will be developed, operated, and integrated: from leading “Make in Vietnam” cloud solutions for enterprises to open data serving e-government, finance, education, and national defense. This is the starting point for CMC’s steadfastly implemented AI-X strategy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated the CCS Hanoi project: “I commend CMC for its high determination, great effort, decisive action, and bold vision to build and develop this center… In this spirit, I place great hope and extend congratulations to CMC on the groundbreaking of the CMC Creative Space in Hanoi today.”

Image 2: Prime Minister congratulates the CMC Creative Space Hanoi - CCS Hanoi project

CCS Hanoi: The AI-X Strategy Materialized
If AI-X is CMC’s global strategy, then CCS Hanoi is where that strategy is designed, implemented, and validated through products. The C.OpenAI open ecosystem – consisting of 25 core technologies developed by CMC – will be operated here. These include platforms that have been and are being applied in practice: the CIVAMS.Face facial recognition system ranked among the world’s Top 12, the C.Health and C.Aid smart healthcare solutions, the C-OCR automated document processing by AI, and CLS – a legal text review tool for the Government and citizens.

No longer standalone modules, these platforms will be connected, operated, and developed in sync at CCS Hanoi – as a machine that initiates and replicates AI products “Make in Vietnam – Made by CMC.” Here, AI is no longer an independent technology but the core layer within products – from natural language processing and computer vision to distributed data and deep learning.

CMC Chairman Nguyen Trung Chinh shared: “The CMC Creative Space Hanoi is not merely an architectural project. It is a symbol of the aspiration to build with Vietnamese intellect. A place that gathers young, dedicated, and endlessly creative people, to continue writing the Vietnamese dream – a dream of a developed nation by 2045 – through the power of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation. We believe that: a building can be completed in a few years, but if it is built with dedication, intellect, and a desire to serve the country, it can become a legacy – a source of inspiration for future generations to inherit and surpass us.”

Image 3: Chairman Nguyen Trung Chinh shares at the CCS Hanoi groundbreaking ceremony

The biggest difference of CCS Hanoi does not lie in the design or height of the building but in its purpose: to create an open, multi-layered creative space – where R&D teams, start-ups, universities, and technology enterprises can interact, share data, develop ideas, and commercialize technology products.

“The groundbreaking ceremony for the CMC Creative Space Hanoi today is a clear testament to the sound policies and mechanisms of the Party and State that are gradually taking effect and generating positive results. Hanoi hopes that the project will soon be operational, making a practical contribution to the development of the capital and the country, and becoming a technology incubator that fosters innovative start-up ideas.” Standing Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Le Hong Son highlighted the significance of the CCS Hanoi project.

Image 4: Standing Vice Chairman Le Hong Son expresses strong commitment to the CCS Hanoi project

The infrastructure at Tay Ho Tay – an area developing into a new administrative and technological center of the capital – also facilitates CCS Hanoi’s connection to the broader innovation ecosystem, from logistics and financial services to high-quality human resources.

CMC Corporation is at a pivotal stage: aiming for USD 1 billion in revenue, 10,000 employees, presence in 30 countries, and an average growth rate of 20% per year by 2028. In this, CCS Hanoi is a core part of the infrastructure supporting the Go Global strategy, as well as a space for strategic partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Samsung, Google, AWS…

CMC Chairman Nguyen Trung Chinh emphasized:
“At the CMC Creative Space Hanoi, we do not merely develop technology, but also nurture generations of Vietnamese who dare to dream big, master technology, and possess global competitiveness. This is how CMC and the nation will create an innovation ecosystem – a true knowledge economy.”

CCS Hanoi: A Strong Move to Implement Resolution 57 and Resolution 68
CCS Hanoi exemplifies the translation of major Party and State policies into specific projects. This complex not only embodies Resolution 57-NQ/TW on the development of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation but also demonstrates the pioneering role of the private economic sector as per Resolution 68-NQ/TW.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conveyed his expectations and assigned tasks to CMC Corporation: to continue promoting the spirit of innovation, proactively developing core “Make in Vietnam” technologies, especially in AI, cloud computing, data safety, and cybersecurity; not only mastering technology but also promoting exports, deeply integrating Vietnamese enterprises into the international market; focusing on building and developing the CCS Hanoi into Vietnam’s “silicon valley.”

Image 5: Overview of the inauguration ceremony of the CMC Creative Space Hanoi

Chairman Nguyen Trung Chinh pledged: “At CCS Hanoi, we will focus on developing AI transformation solutions researched and built by CMC engineers, within the chain of 25 core technologies of the C.OpenAI open ecosystem. With a strategic vision, CMC Corporation is positioning itself as one of the leading technology enterprises in the country, aiming to be among the top 1/5 digital technology enterprises comparable to advanced countries by 2030 under Resolution 57-NQ/TW, and one of the top 1/20 large enterprises participating in the global value chain under Resolution 68-NQ/TW.”