Duong The Dung, Vice Director of the municipal Department of Information andCommunications, said the project to develop Can Tho into a smart city during2016-2025 aims to enhance working and living conditions of local residentswhile encouraging the involvement of local residents in the effectivemanagement of urban area.
Theproject should cover meticulous planning and investment of technical infrastructurewhich have close connections with the development of urban area, he underlined,noting that standards on service quality and policies for public-privatepartnership and calling investment should be set up as well.
Collaboration with international organisations to share experience indeveloping smart city will be paid due attention, he added.
According to Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh, a foundingmember of the ISO 37120- indicators for city services and quality of life, asmart city must apply IT and communications to build a valuable city which isfull of vitality and capable of recovering and competing.
A city will become smart when there is significant improvement in businessclimate, living quality, and standards on security, social welfare and safety,he said, adding that the smart education system must be given priority to havehigh-quality labour force.
At the conference, experts introduced the construction of a smart city meetingstandards on security, social welfare and safety amid the influence of theIndustry 4.0.
The World Bank presented measures to support smart city development in Can Thovia building spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and open cities (OSM).
The participants also shared experience in urban management in Phu Quoc andSingapore across the sectors of urban security, urban planning, transportation,digital government tourism and agriculture.
At the event, Can Tho city and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group(VNPT) inked a cooperative agreement on developing Can Tho into a smart cityfor 2016-2025.-VNA