30 provinces and cities integrating into smart cities
Smart cities cannot afford to have pollution, waste and inefficient use of energy. Therefore, science and technology will help finding solutions in recycling and use of renewable energy or solar energy. Mr. Pham Le Cuong, Director of QUACERT under the Vietnamese General Department of Standards and Quality reaffirmed…
Hanoi to become a smart city by 2030
Hanoi set the target to turn into a smart city by 2030 in accordance to the capital’s revised information and technology strategy in the 2016-2020 period. Foundations established Phan Lan Tu, director general of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, said that the four priority sectors chosen…
Vietnamese Government approves IT program for the 2016-2020 period
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a target program on information technology for the 2016-2020 period, with the aim of promoting IT application in State agencies, building e-government and providing online public services from the central to local levels. The programme also aims to enhance the capacity…
Ho Chi Minh City starts implementing smart city model
Ho Chi Minh City has officially announced the project on building the smart city for 2017-2020 with a vision to 2025. The city’s two districts of 1 and 12 will be the first to pilot the implementation of the project. The smart city model will be implemented in…
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…
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…
Phú Quốc moves towards smart city status
The first phase of a project to build a digital network infrastructure that will help Phú Quốc Island become a smart city has been completed, the Việt Nam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) has announced. VNPT general director Phạm Đức Long said the corporation has completed a project…
Hanoi enlists Japanese help for $4 billion smart city development
On June 5, the Hanoi People’s Committee, BRG Group, and Sumitomo Group signed the $4-billion agreement to develop a smart city at the north of Hanoi, along the two sides of Nhat Tan-Noi Bai Highway. The agreement was signed at the Vietnamese investment promotion conference in Tokyo under…