Da Nang honoured at Seoul Smart City Prize
VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang has been granted a bronze prize in the Human CentriCity category of the Seoul Smart City Prize, marking the first time that the Vietnamese city has been recognised at the awards.
Tran Phuoc Son, vice chairman of the Da Nang municipal People’s Council, received the honour at an award ceremony held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on September 25.
Da Nang was honoured for its smart trips platform project. This digital platform is a smart city ecosystem of Da Nang that serves to integrate digital maps and sensor devices, along with GPS for the management and monitoring of various vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, garbage trucks, and public buses.
It forms a comprehensive data management system and big data analysis, providing information to the Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for monitoring and tracking the operation of vehicle systems in the central city.
Odense of Denmark took gold prize, whilst two silver prizes went to Dublin of Ireland and Manila of the Philippines.
This marks the first time that WeGO, together with its President City Seoul, have launched the Seoul Smart City Prize which is designed to promote and champion the people-based digital transformation that is geared towards providing more accessible services for all citizens.
The Seoul Smart City Prize primarily focuses on identifying the exemplary models of city governments, as well as individual, corporate, and institutional efforts in ensuring an inclusive digitalisation of public services that benefit all people in sectors ranging from mobility, safety, welfare, environment, energy, culture, and governance.
The prize this year has the theme of fostering digital transformation through innovative and inclusive approaches for smart sustainable cities.
The Seoul Smart City Prize ceremony was held during the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2023 hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on September 25 - 26, providing an unparalleled opportunity to show the world their work and be placed in the spotlight as leaders spearheading the development of innovative and inclusive smart cities.
In 2019 Da Nang won an Asia-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (Asocio) Smart City Award for its outstanding initiatives of a smart city during the Asocio Smart City Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.
The central city is planning to become a smart city and will be the first in the country to join the ASEAN smart city network by 2030.
