HCM City prepares human resources for smart city project
Ho Chi Minh City has approved a smart city project until 2020 period with a vision to 2025. One of the project’s priorities will be creating qualified human resources. Investment in education and training has been one of the city’s top priorities, making up around 11.7% of the…
VN ready to implement digital Government and open data
Viet Nam is now ready for the implementation of digital Government and open data, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office, Mai Tien Dung, affirmed at a January 16 workshop launching the evaluation of the level of readiness on open data and digital Government in Viet Nam. Dung…
HCM City, France cooperate in anti-corruption
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang has expressed his hope that the French Anti-corruption Agency (FAA) and the HCM City Inspectorate will cooperate with each other and exchange experience in the fight against corruption. At a reception for FAA Director Charles…
PM cracks down on land management violations
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called for strict punishments for organisations and individuals who commit violations in land-use and management. The PM ordered that those who commited violations in handing over, leasing land or switching land-use purposes, land registration, granting land certificate must be punished strictly. In…
US companies explore smart city opportunities in Central Vietnam
Fourteen smart city-related companies will highlight US expertise to city officials and local businesses this week. Consul General Mary Tarnowka from the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City joined 14 smart city-related companies in Nha Trang on December 12 for the first leg of a three-city…
Hanoi’s $4b smart city project begins in 2018
The smart city project along the Nhật Tân-Nội Bài route with investment equal to US$4 billion is expected to begin construction in the first quarter of next year. This information was disclosed at a meeting on Thursday between Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung, President-cum-CEO…
Binh Duong seeks partners to develop smart city
The southern province of Binh Duong plans to seek more partnerships with neighbouring cities and provinces, businesses and local and international experts to build a Binh Duong smart city, Mai Hung Dung, deputy chairman of the province’s People’s Committee, said at a press conference on November 23. Dung…
Smart city goals propel Hanoi building projects
Hanoi will focus its foreign investment attraction on transport, logistics, healthcare, education, and waste treatment in a move to become a smart city in the future. Nguyen Doan Toan, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, said at last week’s seminar “Hanoi meets the British Business Group Vietnam…
Technology giants rush to market smart-city solutions
Technology firms, both domestic and foreign, are preparing to launch security solutions amid the ‘smart city movement’ initiated among provinces and cities. In 2011, Viettel set up a network security center in charge of protecting the group’s IT and telecommunication networks in Vietnam and 10 markets overseas. Recently,…
Vietnamese smart cities start with infrastructure
Vietnam is pursuing sustainable development in the wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with a focus laid on creating smart cities. But how can such cities become smart, resilient, and more liveable? Siemens Vietnam’s president and CEO Pham Thai Lai spoke to VIR’s Thanh Tung about the path…