The announcement was made at a press conference held by the HCM City Departmentof Information and Communications on November 28.
Under the scheme, the city authority has given priorities to four measuresincluding a common-use shared database; a stimulation research and forecastingcentre serving the formulation of socio-economic development strategies, asmart administration centre and an information security centre.
According to Le Quoc Cuong, deputy director of the HCM City Department ofInformation and Communications, the first stage of the common-use shareddatabase and open data in ecology will operate at the Quang Trung Software Parklocated in District 12.
The city will invite tenders for building of the common-use shared database(the second stage) in the third quarter of 2019, said Cuong.
The operation centre of the first stage will be based at the office of the HCMCity People’s Committee, using database from the camera systems of the city’sdepartments and switchboards.
The city authority will ratify the pre-feasibility study of the project tobuild the scheme in the first quarter of next year.
The Stimulation Division (under the stimulation research and forecastingcentre) will be established at the HCM City Institute for Development Studiesin January 2019.
Duong Anh Duc, director of the HCM City Department of Information andCommunications, said in December of this year the city authority will ratifythe scheme to establish the joint-stock company to operate the city’sinformation safety centre.
The city authority is scheduled to sum up the introduction of technologicalsolutions in the management and operation of agencies at the district, ward andcommune levels by the end of 2018.
At the same time, HCM City will also ratify the Smart City Architecture whichwill be introduced across the city in the third quarter of next year.
Duc said the city authority is expected to receive feedback on measures to turnHCM City into a smart city from the city’s residents and business community.
The HCM City People’s Committee hosted a conference to call for investment inbuilding an Intelligent Operations Centre and a Socio-Economic Simulation andForecast Centre on September 15 of this year.
The project (to building an Intelligent Operations Centre and a Socio-EconomicSimulation and Forecast Centre) aims to resolve the city’s existing problemssuch as unsustainable economic growth, flooding, traffic jams and environmentpollution, as well as enhancing the interaction between the city’s administration,businesses and citizens in the building and development of the country. – VNS/VNA