The two centres are among the key measures ina master plan on developing Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city in the 2017-2020period, with a vision to 2025.
A conference to call for investments in the two works was held in the city onSeptember 15, with Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhanin attendance.
The conference focused on calling oninvestors to share experience and technologies on building and launching avision and criteria for building Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city, as well asto select investors for the city’s major construction projects.
From late 2017, the city issued a project on building the city into a smartcity for the 2017-2025 period.
Building a smart urban centre aims to maintain high, sustainable economicgrowth, raise local residents’ living standards while providing the people withbest services to ensure that authorities serve the people best and the peopletake part in managing and supervising the authorities.
The project also aims to resolve the city’s existing problems such asunsustainable economic growth, flooding, traffic jams, and environmentpollution, as well as enhancing the interaction between city’s administration,businesses and citizens in the building and development of the country.
Urban management which is associated withsmart cities aims to maintain a high rate of economic growth, especiallysustainable economic development, improve the living standards and providebetter services for local people.-VNA