City to smart city

Nguyễn Thị Thu Giang, VINASA’s general secretary said the award would be given to four groups including six kinds of urban areas, smart real estate projects and smart buildings, smart industrial park (IP) projects and technology solutions for smart cities, property projects and IPs. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam Smart City Award 2020 launched

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Smart City Award 2020 was officially launched online by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on September 7, aiming to push for sustainable development of smart cities across the nation. At the event, VINASA Chairman Truong Gia Binh laid stress on the significance of smart city development, holding it is billed as one of the best tools to serve both people and businesses. The award is expected to create motivation for technology and policy initiatives, helping cities become valuable urban areas with sharp competitive edge, he said, adding smart cities are an important launching pad for the nation’s socio-economic development. Entries should be sent to the organising board until October 10, competing in four categories of Vietnamese urban areas; smart realty projects and buildings; industrial real estate projects, and technology solutions to smart city, property projects and industrial parks. The final results will be … [Read more...] about Award promotes sustainable development of smart cities

The Vietnam Smart City Award 2020 aim to honour and encourage the units that have been contributing to the smartization of cities in Vietnam, thereby, strongly promoting the development of smart cities in Vietnam. The award also creates a driving force for technological innovations in parallel with innovation of mechanisms and policies to help cities quickly become valuable, vibrant and competitive cities, with sustainable development. The award will be awarded to four groups of subjects, including: Cities belonging to six types of urban centres of Vietnam according to the provisions of Decree No. 42/2009 / ND-CP; Real estate projects, urban areas and smart buildings; Business parks; and Technology solutions for smart cities, real estate projects and industrial zones. The units participating in the Vietnam Smart City Awards 2020 will undergo three rounds of evaluation and voting, including preliminary selection; presentations and actual assessment; and general selection. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam Smart City Award launched

The Ministry of Information and Communications, at the end of May 2019, issued the ICT Reference Framework for Smart City Development Version 1.0. In September 2019, the ministry announced the Viet Nam Smart City Index by 2025. In November 2019, it instructed the People's Committees of provinces to pilot smart city services to avoid wasteful investment. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam Smart City Award 2020 launched

According to the United Nations, 54.6 percent of the world’s population live in urban areas, and the proportion is expected to increase to over 70 percent by 2050. Rapid urbanization has left cities around the world in a critical socio-economic and environmental situation. Building smart cities is a perfect solution to deal with urbanization problems, and seen as a necessity for countries across the globe. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Smart City Award 2020 launched