Seize the opportunity to realize the goal of building green, smart cities

NDO - Hanoi and localities in the region need to seize opportunities, overcome challenges, and realize the goal of building green, smart, and sustainably developed cities.

On the morning of December 2, in Hanoi, the Vietnam - Asia Smart City Conference 2024 was officially opened with the theme "Smart City - Digital Economy - Sustainable Development" with the participation of representatives of departments, branches, localities and more than 700 domestic and international delegates.

With the theme of “Smart City - Digital Economy - Sustainable Development”, the Vietnam - Asia Smart City Conference 2024 is not only associated with three strategic goals but also reflects the main pillars of the strategic vision of “new vision, new global thinking” in the development of the capital Hanoi as well as localities in the region.

The conference, organized by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) in coordination with the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, will take place over two days (December 2 and 3).

In his opening speech, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Ha Minh Hai affirmed: The Vietnam-Asia Smart City Conference 2024 is not only an important event in the series of activities responding to the National Digital Transformation Day 2024, but also a major forum for Hanoi and other localities in Vietnam and internationally to discuss, exchange experiences, share digital transformation solutions and strengthen cooperation in the field of technology, towards a smart, modern, and sustainably developed urban future.

With the theme of “Smart City - Digital Economy - Sustainable Development”, this conference is not only associated with three strategic goals but also reflects the main pillars of the strategic vision of “new vision, new global thinking” in the development of Hanoi Capital as well as localities in the region.

"Today's event is an opportunity for leaders, experts, and leading digital technology businesses to discuss and build breakthrough solutions in areas such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, smart transportation, clean energy, and sustainable environment. The experiences and practical lessons shared at the conference will be an important driving force for Hanoi and localities in the region to seize opportunities, overcome challenges, and realize the goal of building green, smart, and sustainably developed cities," affirmed Mr. Ha Minh Hai.

According to the Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, this Conference is also a clear demonstration of Hanoi's strong commitment to creating a multi-level, globally connected cooperation environment, closely connecting businesses, schools, research institutes, scientists, experts, with the government and international organizations to promote innovation and green, smart and sustainable development.

Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, Chairman of VINASA, affirmed that despite having to overcome many difficulties, the Capital has chosen a different approach towards sustainable development and effective service and happiness of the people.

Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, Chairman of VINASA spoke at the Conference.

This can be seen through the great achievements that Hanoi has achieved such as: Ready 5G infrastructure with 12,000 BTS stations, and fiber optic cable to 100% of households; iHanoi has 1.1 million accounts; 5.4 million health records have been connected to the national database, and the hospital system and traffic tickets are being deployed.

Along with Hanoi, other localities have also recorded many great strides in building smart cities. 48/63 provinces and cities are implementing smart urban development projects, more than 50 localities have implemented provincial IOCs and nearly 200 district IOCs.

Not only that, the cities have completed basic infrastructure such as data, transmission and solutions. Most cities build smart applications to serve people and businesses. As of December 2023, the country has 902 cities with an urbanization rate of about 42.7%. The urbanization rate is on par with Asia.

However, according to Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, the problem is how to find new development drivers in the constant fluctuations of politics, economics, and technology. And only digital economy, green economy and technology can be the answer. We need to focus on promoting digital transformation of traditional economic sectors, creating sustainable development towards the environment and culture. In addition, we need to focus on industries that Vietnam is having great attraction such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), automotive, ...

Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung, Director of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, said that the city is in the process of detailing specific tasks to be implemented through the Project "Building a smart Hanoi city by 2025, with a vision to 2030".

Accordingly, Hanoi will have a clear goal and vision for the harmonious development of the capital, in the direction of "Cultural - Civilized - Green - Smart - Modern" to firmly enter the new era, the era of national development. Quickly complete policy mechanisms, combine planning, regulations and standards in building a sustainable smart city. Build a transparent and effective digital government platform and a smart urban information infrastructure platform. Along with that, strengthen training and recruit enough necessary, high-quality human resources.

According to Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung, in the process of building a smart city, Hanoi will prioritize issues such as urban traffic, conservation and development of heritage, culture, tourism and protection of water and air environment. To address these priorities, the Project "Building a smart Hanoi by 2025, with a vision to 2030" will propose key solutions for each industry and field.

At the Conference, experts and businesses shared about smart city development such as: the current status of smart city development in Vietnam and criteria for evaluating sustainable smart cities; AI application and big data mining for smart city development; AI and big data: strategic foundation for smart cities, digital economy and sustainable development... In addition, there are experiences from Ho Chi Minh City or Malaysia in building smart cities, promoting digital economy and sustainable development.

Opening session of Vietnam - Asia Smart City Conference 2024.

Within the framework of the Vietnam - Asia Smart City Conference 2024, more than 80 speakers and experts participated in 7 thematic sessions taking place over 2 days (December 2 and 3) on policies, methods, and technologies to help Vietnamese cities quickly become smarter, more sustainable, and bring prosperity and happiness to people.

On the sidelines of the seminars, there is an exhibition area introducing solutions, platforms, and services with artificial intelligence applications for building smart cities, energy management, smart environmental management, and trade connection activities between domestic and international enterprises with provinces, cities, businesses, and organizations applying information technology.

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