Major General Nguyen Ngoc Cuong and Chairman of the City People's Committee Phan Thien Dinh discussed Hue 's digital data.

From technology to practice

According to Director of the Department of Science and Technology Nguyen Xuan Son, since 2019, Hue has been one of the first localities in the country to build a Smart City Monitoring and Operation Center (IOC) - the "Digital Brain" of the city. This is the place to concentrate, analyze and visualize data in real time in all fields: from transportation, health, education to tourism, culture... Along with that, the Hue-S mobile application has become a "super application" connecting the government, businesses and people.

To date, the city has digitized more than 950 data tables in many fields, forming an open data ecosystem serving management, operation and provision of public services. “Thanks to data, policy making, planning supervision or citizen care are all more accurate and faster. Data has truly become a strategic asset of the government,” Mr. Son shared.

Initial results show that digital data is bringing practical benefits to the community. From the population data system, the government can clearly identify the subjects in need of support such as school-age children, the elderly, poor households, etc., helping welfare policies to be implemented "correctly - quickly - sufficiently".

“Digital address” data also opens up a completely new way of urban management. Constructions, businesses, and public areas are assigned with identification address codes, helping authorities monitor, supervise, and manage land use planning and infrastructure more easily. From trees, drainage systems, to housing planning… all are digitized and continuously updated, becoming a valuable “data resource” for sustainable urban development.

The IOC Center's Internet of Things (IoT) camera system helps Hue monitor security, order, traffic, tourism , and natural disaster prevention and control in real time. At the same time, planning data for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, is digitized synchronously, helping agencies easily look up, build development scenarios, and make decisions based on data evidence.

Not only focusing on technology infrastructure, Hue also pays attention to information security, institutions and data human resource training, ensuring the digital transformation process takes place sustainably and effectively.

Connecting knowledge, expanding Vietnamese data space

Recently in Hue, the National Data Association launched the Global Data Professionals Network - an event considered an important milestone in Vietnam's journey to develop a data economy.

Major General Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, Director of the National Data Center (Ministry of Public Security), Vice President of the National Data Association, affirmed: Data is the “heart” of digital transformation, the “brain” of the prosperous era. But to exploit this heart and brain, we need the best data engineers with strategic vision and international experience.

Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh said that Hue always considers data as the center of the digital transformation process. From data, the government improves its management capacity, businesses expand their creative space, and people benefit from more transparent and convenient public services.

According to Mr. Binh, the establishment of the Global Data Experts Network is an opportunity for Hue to connect with the expert community at home and abroad, access advanced knowledge, and at the same time promote the plan to build the Hue City Data Center - one of the key goals in implementing Resolution 57 of the Politburo.

“Hue City commits to accompany the National Data Association and the expert community in cooperation programs, testing technology platforms, developing human resources and promoting the data economy - for the goal of digital government serving people and businesses,” said Mr. Binh.

Vice President of the Global Data Professionals Network, software engineer Le Quoc Anh (Fnac Group, France) said: This is a golden time for Vietnam to develop a data economy. We have a rare advantage - strong consensus from the highest leadership level and a spirit of readiness to innovate from pioneering localities like Hue.

Based on the open data platform, Hue is gradually shaping a comprehensive “digital government - digital economy - digital society” model. Each number, each data file not only serves the management apparatus but also reflects the rhythm and breath of life of a rapidly changing city.

According to Mr. Binh, data is not just numbers but the pulse of the city. From changes in management to user convenience, data is creating a more modern, transparent and humane Hue.

With the motto "Correct - Enough - Clean - Living - Best", Hue's digitalization journey is opening up a new future: A city powered by data, developed by knowledge and oriented towards people - the center of all values.

Article and photos: LIEN MINH

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