The central city of Da Nang has launched its information technology (IT)infrastructure system, which includes a Metropolian Area Network (MAN),wireless internet, data centre and a centre for human training andresearch on IT applications.
The project, which was funded by theWorld Bank, has been completed after seven years of construction, PhamKim Son, Director of the city’s Department of Information andCommunications, told a press conference on August 20.
“Thecompletion of IT infrastructure will help facilitate the e-government byconnecting all the city’s agencies and grassroots administrations,” Sonsaid.
The IT infrastructure will ease the public procedures forlocal people, saving time and money with quick information provision, headded.
He said it means that businesses can use MAN to declareprocedure and tax. The system is also set to alert to the dangers ofdisaster, pollution and water quality.
Beginning on August 21,the wireless internet (Wifi) will offer free service, with a maximum of20.000 connections at a time, for local people and tourists at majorcentres and streets in the city, including living quarters, schools,beaches, tourism sites, hospitals, shopping mall, bus and railwaystations, airport and entertainment centres.
Last week, the citybegan operating IBM’s intelligent operations centre to efficientlymanage its water and transport systems.
Da Nang is one of the biggest cities developing concentrated information centres, after Hanoi and HCM City.
In April, the US’s Rocky Lai & Associates Inc officially startedthe construction of the 341-ha Da Nang IT Park with a total investmentof 278 million USD.-VNA
The project, which was funded by theWorld Bank, has been completed after seven years of construction, PhamKim Son, Director of the city’s Department of Information andCommunications, told a press conference on August 20.
“Thecompletion of IT infrastructure will help facilitate the e-government byconnecting all the city’s agencies and grassroots administrations,” Sonsaid.
The IT infrastructure will ease the public procedures forlocal people, saving time and money with quick information provision, headded.
He said it means that businesses can use MAN to declareprocedure and tax. The system is also set to alert to the dangers ofdisaster, pollution and water quality.
Beginning on August 21,the wireless internet (Wifi) will offer free service, with a maximum of20.000 connections at a time, for local people and tourists at majorcentres and streets in the city, including living quarters, schools,beaches, tourism sites, hospitals, shopping mall, bus and railwaystations, airport and entertainment centres.
Last week, the citybegan operating IBM’s intelligent operations centre to efficientlymanage its water and transport systems.
Da Nang is one of the biggest cities developing concentrated information centres, after Hanoi and HCM City.
In April, the US’s Rocky Lai & Associates Inc officially startedthe construction of the 341-ha Da Nang IT Park with a total investmentof 278 million USD.-VNA
