The Hanoitimes - Sasank Vemuri, Urban Development Specialist, Asia Development Bank, talks with Hanoitimes on criteria of livable cities. Hanoi advised to first focus on key infrastructure as it heads for smart city Hanoi is well positioned to become a smart city: Ericsson exec. Smart city is an inevitable trend for Hanoi Urbanization trends and challenges Urban areas are home to almost half of Asia’s population. The urban populations in Asia and Pacific region have grown from a proportion of about 20% in the 1950s to around 48% in 2018. By 2030, urban areas are expected to have 55% of the region’s population, or about 2.5 billion people. The scale, speed and density of urban population in Vietnam are growing along this trend. Sasank Vemuri, Urban Development Specialist, Asia Development Bank. Rapid urbanization is often linked to improved economic opportunities, better access to health and education services, and better living conditions. However, … [Read more...] about Making cities more livable
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Siemens CEO highlights social and human aspects of a smart city
The Hanoitimes - Big cities in Vietnam, including the capital of Hanoi are underway to evolve into smart cities. The process would transfer cities to become smarter, thus be more livable and sustainable. That was claimed by Pham Thai Lai, CEO of Siemens Vietnam, one of leading firms that support cities in Vietnam with smart solutions, in an interview granted to Hanoitimes. CEO of Siemens Vietnam - Pham Thai Lai As a firm specialized in industrial manufacturing that have worked with numerous cities in the field, what are the challenges to worldwide cities nowadays on their way to become smarter, according to Siemens? Dr. Lai: Population growth, climate change, ageing and deteriorating basic infrastructure, resource scarcity, changing needs and expectations all place demands on the operations of a city and create new challenges for cities to tackle. The only way to cope with these challenges is that cities have to become smarter by getting more efficient. Here are 10 … [Read more...] about Siemens CEO highlights social and human aspects of a smart city
Vietnam, SE Asian neighbors face threats from IS, cyber-attacks: summit
Southeast Asia faces "very real" threats from the Islamic State (IS) group despite their defeat in the Middle East, as well as cyber-attacks, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned Saturday as he opened a regional summit. Parts of the 10-country region, encompassing about 650 million people, have long struggled with Islamic militancy and the emergence of IS has served as a new rallying point for radicals and re-energised extremist groups. A deadly gun and suicide-bombing attack in Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2016 was the first IS-claimed assault in the region, while the Philippine city of Marawi was overrun last year by fighters loyal to the jihadists, triggering a months-long battle that killed hundreds. Fears are also growing that Southeast Asia, which is home to booming economies where a growing number of people are adopting digital technology in their everyday lives, could be increasingly targeted by cyberattackers. Opening the summit of the Association of Southeast … [Read more...] about Vietnam, SE Asian neighbors face threats from IS, cyber-attacks: summit
Vietnam, Kuwait enhance economic cooperation
(VEN) - Vietnam Economic News’ My Phung spoke with Khaled Falah Al-Mutairi, Kuwaiti Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, about achievements in bilateral cooperation especially in economic ties between Kuwait and Vietnam, after 42 years of diplomatic relations. What are major achievements in bilateral cooperation between Kuwait and Vietnam after more than four decades of diplomatic relations? Kuwait and Vietnam established diplomatic relations in 1976 and we were one of the first countries to establish the relationship with your country after the unification. Since then, our bilateral relationship has been unceasingly developed and continued to make progress and boom at all levels. We are proud that Kuwait is the first country in the Gulf Region where Vietnam established its embassy in 2003. Kuwait also opened its Embassy in Hanoi and the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City in 2007. In May 2016, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Kuwait enhance economic cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City to issue list of unsafe apartments within days
At the press conference held today at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, lieutenant-colonel Nguyen Van Bang, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Police Department, said that his department is cooperating with the committee to issue a directive to ensure fire safety at apartment and high-rise building projects. According to Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Police Department, four main contents will be implemented, including a review of fire prevention in all apartment and high-rise buildings in the city, compile a public list of all buildings, categorising them as safe, moderately safe, and unsafe. Ho Chi Minh City will take strong action against projects that are deemed unsafe The directive will also issue a fire prevention handbook to all families living in the related projects and lay down action plans in the event of a fire. Especially, the directive will heavily penalise developers who are found to be too slow in improving their fire prevention … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to issue list of unsafe apartments within days