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Da Nang moves towards food smart city

The central coastal city of Da Nang is working to turn itself into a food smart city as part of efforts to concretise its target of becoming an eco-smart urban area and a regional hub for startups and innovation until 2030 with a vision to 2045.
Da Nang moves towards food smart city ảnh 1A corner of Da Nang city (Photo: vietnambiz.vn)

Da Nang (VNA) – The central coastal city of Da Nang is working toturn itself into a food smart city as part of efforts to concretise its target ofbecoming an eco-smart urban area and a regional hub for startups and innovationuntil 2030 with a vision to 2045.

According to Rikolto Regional Director and Rice Programme Coordinator forVietnam Thai Thi Minh, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, the city’sfood safety management board, and Belgium-based non-governmental organisationRikolto are working to ensure local residents’ access to high-quality foodthrough branching out a smart food purchasing system and engaging various valuechains.

Under a food smart city development strategy in Da Nang for the 2019-2025period with a vision towards 2030 developed by the three parties, the city willpromote food safety management approach reform and apply information technologyas well as advancements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in food productionand distribution.

Due attention will be paid to enhancing capacity of Vietnamese food suppliers,developing sustainable business foundation for the firms, and promotingsustainable chain linkages via developing complete food business models.

Besides, a smart food environment will be developed through the upgrade of traditionalmarkets, and promotion of street food and local specialties to attract visitorswhile ensuring the bread of small traders. Furthermore, wide communicationcampaigns will be conducted to raise consumers, suppliers’ awareness of theimportance of sustainable and safe food consumption and production.

Building Da Nang city as a food smart cityis part of the Rikolto’s Food Smart Cities Cluster, an initiative that bringstogether the cities of Ghent (Belgium), Da Nang, Solo (Indonesia), Quito(Ecuador), Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and Arusha (Tanzania).
The Food Smart CitiesCluster develops sustainable models of cooperation in multi-stakeholderpartnerships on a variety of issues such as rural urban linkages, sustainablebusiness models between actors in the food chain, sustainable catering, healthyfood for school canteens and consumers’ access to safe and quality food.-VNA
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