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
Vietnamese gov’t approves sustainable smart urban development scheme
The Hanoitimes - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Can Tho will be the first core smart cities. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the project of sustainable smart urban development in Vietnam in the period of 2018-2025 and orientation to 2030. The plan aims to build the legal framework for smart urban development by 2020, to prepare the investment for pilot implementation at the urban level. The largest smart city project on the road of Nhat Tan - Noi Bai, Dong Anh district, Hanoi It includes reviewing and developing a common legal framework for sustainable smart urban development, promulgating mechanisms and policies applicable to the pilot areas; developing and piloting an ICT reference framework for smart urban development; developing an urban spatial data infrastructure, consolidating land data, building on GIS foundation and database. The scheme also aims to formulate appropriate models in population management, transport, land and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese gov’t approves sustainable smart urban development scheme
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
HCMC looks to become smart city in 2025
HCMC looks to become smart city in 2025 Van Nam VNPT general director Pham Duc Long presents solutions to develop HCMC into a smart city in 2025 at a meeting with the city’s leaders on Monday - PHOTO: VAN NAM HCMC – The HCMC government will adopt all possible measures to fuel economic growth, create a better living environment, better serve people and enterprises, and encourage citizens to supervise government agencies as part of a strategy to become a smart city in 2025. To execute the smart city project, the city will establish a steering committee led by HCMC’s Party chief, the city’s chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said at a meeting with Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and local agencies on Monday. Phong said the city will set up a committee headed by the city chairman to draw up a plan for implementing the smart city project and that it would take about three months to work out such a detailed plan. “Building a smart city … [Read more...] about HCMC looks to become smart city in 2025