VOV.VN - Leaders from the Mekong Delta city of Can Thơ on October 17 received a delegation from the Contents Convergence Software Research Institute under Kyonggi University of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to discuss orientations and promote bilateral cooperation in multiple areas, particularly digital transformation, science and technology, and smart city development.

Vietnam must place citizens at the heart of its smart urban development while advancing resources and mechanisms for the effort, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh told the June 13 conference reviewing the Vietnam’s sustainable smart urban development scheme for 2018–2025, with a vision to 2030.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.

VOV.VN - Hanoi wishes to increase cooperation with Chinese localities, including Beijing and Guangzhou, Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee told Chinese ambassador Xiong Bo in the Vietnamese capital on April 11.

VOV.VN - A trade mission consisting of 11 UK companies has paid a working visit to Vietnam as they aim to explore emerging opportunities in smart city development and encourage the country’s adoption of smart city standardisation.

VOV.VN - The European Union delegation to Vietnam arrived in Can Tho City to explore the potential and investment cooperation opportunities in the fields of climate change, agricultural production, and circular economy in Can Tho and other Mekong Delta localities.