Smart cities

Last Sunday, the first smart city project in Hanoi, carried out by Japan’s Sumitomo and Vietnam’s BRG Group, was officially inaugurated on an area of 330 hectares. So far, 33 cities and provinces around Vietnam have implemented smart city initiatives. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are set to become sustainable cities of the future. As part of the government target which aims to make Ho Chi Minh City the first smart city in Vietnam by 2020 and Hanoi by 2030, billion-dollar mega projects are currently underway to build smart cities. Over the years, urbanisation has been a drive for national socio-economic development. The whole country has more than 830 urban areas and the national urbanisation rate has reached 38.6 per cent. The average economic growth in urban areas is 12-15 per cent, 1.5 to two times higher than the national rate. Urban areas have been the centres of socio-economic activities, innovation, education, scientific and technological research, production, trade … [Read more...] about Big expectations for Vietnam in sustainable smart city development

Vietbank and NAPAS’ agreement plays a critical role in building smart city infrastructure in Viet Nam as it helps improve transparency, revenue management and customer experience, which help encourage the use of public transport. … [Read more...] about Vietbank works with NAPAS on contactless payments

JOHOR BAHRU, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach - 29 May 2020 - Forest City is a smart ecological city developed by the Country Garden Group, covering an area of 30 square kilometers. Although the scale of this project is huge, Forest City Malaysia tries its best to ensure the sustainable development of its surrounding environment. … [Read more...] about Forest City Malaysia Gives Priority to Mangrove Conservation

At the request of cities around the world, the SMG opened the English online platform CAC (Cities Against COVID-19) (http://english.seoul.go.kr/covid) on April 9 to share Seoul’s policies and know-how on quarantine measures (“S-quarantine”). … [Read more...] about Seoul to host conference on post-Coronavirus era

Furthermore, Novaland now possesses nearly 5,000ha of land bank, enough for it to develop new projects well in the next 10 years. This huge land holding ensures the groups development in future. It also guarantees co-operation between Novaland and its distribution agents. … [Read more...] about Novaland cooperates with prestigious agents to deliver real estate projects