Da Nang and FPT agree to boost digital transformation in the city in 2021-25. (Photo courtesy of FPT Group)The MoU, signed on December 28, was developed from the cooperation deal betweenFPT and Da Nang in 2018-20 in boosting the digitalisation process and puttingthe city on the list of ASEAN smart city network in 2030.
Chairman ofthe city’s people’s committee, Le Trung Chinh said the MoU was part of thepositive cooperation in the IT industry – one of four key roles of the city’sstrategic socio-economic development plan in 2030.
He said the new deal would help speed up the digital transformation process inthe city and build Da Nang into an eco-urban and a ‘liveable and smart’ city inthe coming years.
The 2021-25MoU will focus on the smart city framework in traffic, education, naturalresources and environment, health, agriculture, trade and industry andinformation and communications.
FPT willbegin the digitalisation among business and administration in tourism hub NguHanh Son district before expanding to the other six districts in 2021-25.
The IT grouphad launched a management system at 12 hospitals in the city in providingservice for 3 million patients per year.
FPT said ithad enrolled 5,000 students for training at its own education system, includinga secondary school, high school and university.
Chairman ofFPT Group, Truong Gia Binh, said the group, which has invested 2.5 trillion VND(108 million USD) in Da Nang, earned revenue of 5 trillion VND in 2021 – makingup a 30 percent share in the city’s information and communications industryrevenue.
FPT alsohelped Da Nang in the development of the 10,000-Bridge Software Engineerprogramme in boosting the Japan market, and built up an IT service centre andurban, the FTP City Complex.
Earlier, Da Nang andViettel signed an MoU on the ‘smart city' project in 2021-25, launching a 5Gnetwork at Da Nang Software Park No 1 and No 2, with an Internet of Thingsservice, a digital database centre and cybersecurity services./.
VNA
