HCM aims for "smart city" status

Ho Chi Minh City plans to become a smart city, and the task requires concerted efforts by the administration and information technology community, a city leader has said.
HCM aims for "smart city" status ảnh 1HCM City plans to become a smart city, and the task requires concerted efforts by the administration and information technology community, a top city leader has said (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City plans to become asmart city, and the task requires concerted efforts by the administration andinformation technology community, a city leader has said.

Speaking at a March 10 meeting with informationtechnology executives, Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee, said: “Information technology is the most important factor insuccessfully building a smart city, and the city would like to seek solutionsand contributions from information technology companies.”

Nguyen Quoc Cuong, deputy director of the city’sDepartment of Information and Communications, said the city is drafting amaster plan to build a smart city in 2017-20 that seeks to ensure a highquality of living and working and sustainability.

“The project should appraise the current digitalcapability, identify priority fields and then come up with a detailed roadmapto create the smart city.

“The smart city’s central mission will be theconvenience of local residents, create an open playing field for all companiesand take advantage of all international and domestic resources, and this willneed close co-operation between research institutes, scientists, technologycompanies, and financial organisations.

“City authorities should pledge to support thetask and the achievements should be measured based on international standardsand the city’s peculiar conditions.”

The city has already begun to work on the smart city programme, creating acommon city-wide database with an open eco-system and conceiving links betweenthe smart city and its long-cherished administrative autonomy plans.

The smart city will comprise three technicalaspects - a data collection system with cameras, censors, and devices for theInternet of Things and information technology system, a database system, and ananalysis system.

“To operate a smart city will requireprofessional managers and staff,” Cuong said.

Authorities would guide universities and research institutes in trainingrequirements, he said.
“The smart city will not depend on any[particular] suppliers and have a unified architecture and easy connectivitybetween all levels of authorities, from city to commune.”

At the meeting, the IT business executivesdisplayed many solutions for a smart city.-VNA
VNA

See more

Strategy aims to turn Vietnam into leader in blockchain technology application

Strategy aims to turn Vietnam into leader in blockchain technology application

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc has signed a decision issuing a national strategy on the application and development of blockchain technology until 2025 with a vision to 2030, with an aim to turn Vietnam into a leading country in the region with an international position in researching, deploying, applying, and exploiting blockchain technology.

Telecom giants in Vietnam are taking applications and commercialising the 5G network, expected to generate more opportunities for businesses to accelerate digital transformation (Photo: https://baodautu.vn/)

Commercialising 5G opens opportunity for businesses: Insiders

Telecom giants in Vietnam are taking applications and commercialising the 5G network, expected to generate more opportunities for businesses to accelerate digital transformation, toward developing a predominantly digital economy in the country, according to insiders.

The launch of the 5G network of Viettel on October 15 (Photo: VNA)

Viettel officially launches 5G network

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group officially launched the 5G network on October 15, becoming the first to officially provide this service in Vietnam.

The 2G mobile network will be turned off across the nation from October 16. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam to shut down 2G mobile network from Oct.16

The 2G mobile network will be turned off across the nation from October 16, giving room for the development of such advanced telecommunications technologies as 4G and 5G to better serve users’ increasing demand, according to an official from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

A 5G transmission station by Viettel Group in Hà Nội. ( Photo courtesy of Viettel Group)

Viettel to install four new under sea cables

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has announced plans to launch its 5G network across all 63 provinces this month, improving connectivity nationwide.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (centre, right) receives Professors Tran Thanh Van and scientists and researchers from the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Hanoi on October 11. (Photo: VNA)

Deputy PM receives ICISE founders, scientists

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosted a reception on October 11 for Professors Tran Thanh Van and Le Minh Ngoc – the founders of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) and a group of its scientists and researchers.

Deputy Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Ha Minh Hai speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi kickstarts digital transformation day

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, in cooperation with the People's Committee of Nam Tu Liem district, has launched a campaign to promote the National Digital Transformation Day and the capital city’s Digital Transformation Day (October 10).

The newly identified species, named Pasites vuquang Tran, Engel, and L.T.P. Nguyen, 2024 (Photo: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)

New bee species discovered in Ha Tinh province

A new bee species was discovered in the Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh, announced the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the park on October 2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits a booth displaying the latest innovative technology. (Photo: VNA)

Innovate Vietnam 2024 kicks off in Hanoi

The Innovate Vietnam 2024, an event marking the fifth anniversary of the National Innovation Centre (NIC), opened at the NIC headquarters, Hoa Lac High-tech Park in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That, on October 1.

The National Innovation Centre (NIC)'s establishment in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park on the outskirts of Hanoi. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

NIC to soon form nine prioritised technology industries: Minister

Since its establishment in October 2019, the National Innovation Centre (NIC) has become the core of the country’s innovation ecosystem and a bridge between the State, enterprises, training institutes, research centres, financial institutions and incubation support units to lead, build and develop Vietnam's innovation, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.