Development of smart cities

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung giving a speech at the (ASOCIO) Smart City Summit 2018 Accordingly, the capital city’s investment will be focused on infrastructure development and smart city utility applications, said Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung at the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry organisation (ASOCIO) Smart City Summit 2018, opened in Hanoi on September 18. Hanoi is one of the megacities in the world in terms of area and population density. Rapid urbanization and rapid population growth have posed numerous challenges in respect of planning, traffic congestion, security, health, education, energy, housing development, and environmental pollution. The capital city is aiming to develop a smart city model that brings convenience, safety and eco-friendly development to all people based on the application of key Industrial Revolution 4.0 technologies. "Hanoi is working toward its goal for a smart metropolis … [Read more...] about Hanoi to step up development of smart city

The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee will establish a steering committee on smart city development and consider this to be the mission and determination of the city Party Committee, government and citizens, said the city's Party Chief Dinh La Thang in Hanoi yesterday. The standing committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front works with HCMC leaders on smart city development on July 25. Speaking at a meeting between HCMC leaders and the standing committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front on smart city development and management, Mr. Thang said that a smart city aims to improve the life quality of citizens. Chairman of the city People’s Committee will be head of the management board of the steering committee, which will comprise an advisory board under regular operation, he added. The secretary asked to build a comprehensive project on the smart city basing on the current reality of the city. The project needs to have a specific roadmap to suit the quick development of … [Read more...] about HCM City determines to develop into smart city

Hanoi is scheduled to break ground on the construction of a multibillion-dollar ‘smart city’ in an outlying district next year.A consortium between Japan’s Sumitomo and Vietnam’s BRG will develop the ‘smart city’ on a 272 hectare plot in Dong Anh District in five separate phases, according to a plan released after a working session between the consortium and Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung on Thursday.The new US$4 billion project will feature a modern traffic system along the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai route using Japanese technology and will connect with the No.2 urban railway route in Hanoi.Dong Anh District lies about 16km north of Hanoi’s central area.Hanoi and the Sumitomo – BRG consortium signed a memorandum of understanding on the smart city development in June, during Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Japan.The consortium is scheduled to complete planning for all five stages of the project by the end … [Read more...] about ​Hanoi set to develop $4bn ‘smart city’

Close cooperation between the state, educational institutions and businesses is the backbone of Binh Duong’s master plan to turn the province into a ‘smart city’.On Monday, the Binh Duong administration and the Dutch Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City launched the Binh Duong Smart City Summit 2017, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 representatives from both domestic and international enterprises, as well as universities and research institutes.The summit will brief delegates on the latest Binh Duong Smart City developments which began in 2016, and open discussions on action plans and next steps in its implementation.The event will also feature a business forum and an exhibition of technology and innovation, aimed at attracting investment and smart city development solutions.Binh Duong authorities said the key to its successful development was to mobilize resources from both the state and private sector, via a model built around three main arms; … [Read more...] about ​Binh Duong accelerates development of smart city