An overview of the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in Đà Nẵng city. The city was recognised as a National Capital of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge 2018 programme. — Photo courtesy of Helicop tour Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city was awarded the title National Capital of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge 2018 programme in a ceremony on Friday, making it the only city in Việt Nam to join a list of 21 cities around the world for the final round of the global award. Vice chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn said the title was seen as the result of great efforts made by the city with support from WWF Việt Nam in building plans on the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) and carbon emissions as well as smart traffic and energy-saving measures over the past several years. “We have strongly … [Read more...] about Đà Nẵng recognised as green, smart city
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Siemens CEO highlights social and human aspects of a smart city
The Hanoitimes - Big cities in Vietnam, including the capital of Hanoi are underway to evolve into smart cities. The process would transfer cities to become smarter, thus be more livable and sustainable. That was claimed by Pham Thai Lai, CEO of Siemens Vietnam, one of leading firms that support cities in Vietnam with smart solutions, in an interview granted to Hanoitimes. CEO of Siemens Vietnam - Pham Thai Lai As a firm specialized in industrial manufacturing that have worked with numerous cities in the field, what are the challenges to worldwide cities nowadays on their way to become smarter, according to Siemens? Dr. Lai: Population growth, climate change, ageing and deteriorating basic infrastructure, resource scarcity, changing needs and expectations all place demands on the operations of a city and create new challenges for cities to tackle. The only way to cope with these challenges is that cities have to become smarter by getting more efficient. Here are 10 … [Read more...] about Siemens CEO highlights social and human aspects of a smart city
HCM City towards clean energy solutions in smart city building
The event was jointly held by the Center for Hands-on Actions and Networking for Growth and Environment (CHANGE) and the Center for Regional and Urban Studies under the Union of Science and Technology Associations (USTA) . Nguyen Phuong Duy from the municipal Department of Industry and Trade said the city has implemented important items in the project “Developing Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city in 2017-2020, with a vision to 2025”, focusing on promoting the use of smart and clean energy, saving and effective energy use. Solar panels installed on houses in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: ves-vn.com Participants heard that local residents have consciously used solar energy in daily activities. Over 12,000 solar energy water heaters have been used in Ho Chi Minh City so far. A great number of customers installed solar electrify systems connected to the national grid. Many waste-to-energy plants were also formed in the city, helping creating safe energy sources. … [Read more...] about HCM City towards clean energy solutions in smart city building
IBM experts help HCMC become smart city
IBM experts help HCMC become smart city By Tuong Vi - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - As part of the campaign Smarter Cities - Let's Build a Smarter Planet City By City, IBM experts are in HCMC to help this city become a smart city. Guruduth Banavar, vice president and chief technology officer of IBM Corporation's global public sector, said his team had been in HCMC for three weeks looking at the departments of transportation, natural resources and water, and the food supply chain to help the city improve services and facilities. His team is studying the city's ecosystem innovations to advise the chairman of the HCMC People's Committee on technology innovations. Banavar and his team will write a report after working with universities, laboratories and the government as well as observing traffic systems such as roads and traffic lights. In December, IBM announced that HCMC was the first city in the world to receive IBM experts to advise about the smarter cities campaign. IBM chose this … [Read more...] about IBM experts help HCMC become smart city
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR VIETNAM
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR VIETNAM CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR VIETNAM VIETNAM CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND INVESTMENT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction4 I.Country and Sector Context4 II.Priority Sectors for GHG Emission Reduction8 Energy Efficiency10 Renewable Energy11 Transport14 Summary16 III.Rationale for Selected Sectors for CTF Co-financing17 Energy Efficiency18 Renewable Energy21 Urban Transport23 IV.Enabling Policy and Regulatory Environment25 Energy Policy Framework28 Transport Policy Framework29 V.Implementation Potential and Risk Assessment30 VI.Financing Plan and Instruments32 Reference34 Annexes: MDB Proposals for CTF Co-Financing 1.Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (ADB)35 2.Power Transmission Investment Program (ADB)39 3.Urban Transport Program (ADB)42 4.Supporting Development of a Smarter Transmission Grid (IBRD)48 5.Private Sector Financing Program for Energy Efficiency, Cleaner Production and … [Read more...] about CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND INVESTMENT PLAN FOR VIETNAM