Delegates attend the online workshop to explore smart city development trends in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Experts said this is an opportunity for Canadian firmsoperating in the sector to form relations with Vietnamese partners, focusing onsolutions to optimise traffic divergence, reduce energy consumption, and promoteautomation in waste management.
In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency inOttawa, Elizabeth McIninch, Director of the Canada-Vietnam Trade Council,expressed a belief that Vietnam and Canada will become excellent partners insmart city building now and in the future.
She noted that apart from their 47 years of diplomaticrelations, bilateral cooperation projects in science-technology,trade-investment, agriculture, and infrastructure, and Vietnam’s position as Canada’slargest trade partner in ASEAN, the two countries should also pay attention to thenew global context, as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement forTrans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is easing trade barriers.
Both Vietnam and Canada are now acceleratinginvestments in smart city technologies and projects, with building e-governmentto develop sustainable cities becoming the cornerstone of government planningand industrial activities. Vietnam is currently rated by Canadian analysts asone of the most powerful markets in the world for smart city building.
McIninch unveiled that the council has planned to workwith the Organisation of Women in International Trade - Toronto (OWIT-Toronto) andthe Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC) to organise an onlinefact-finding tour of the Vietnamese market for a business delegation inautumn./.
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