Young tech talents aged between eight and 15 years old across the country are invited to take part in the Minecraft Hackathon, themed “Smart City”.
VOV.VN -A master plan covering at least three urban areas for smart city development in Vietnam is expected to be approved from now to 2020 under a project to develop sustainable and smart urban areas for the 2018 - 2025 period with orientations to 2030 as adopted by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 1, 2018.
Connecting smart cities is considered an effective solution to addressing urbanisation and development challenges in the Mekong Delta, experts said at a workshop in Can Tho city on September 4.
A working delegation from the Ministry of Construction led by Deputy Minister Phan Thi My Linh attended a seminar on building smart, green and energy-saving cities of the Netherlands held in The Hague on August 28.
Hanoi has been focused on building its electronic government and smart city system, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.
Hanoi is taking the first steps on its way to become a smart city, aiming to help turn Vietnam into a modern-oriented industrial country by 2020.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a project to develop sustainable and smart cities for 2018-2025 with a vision to 2030.
The Prime Minister’s approval of a proposal on Vietnam’s smart city development to 2025 with a vision to 2030 will strongly affect the market and form a smart property trend, held experts at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11.
The Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association (HCA) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), on July 27, signed a memorandum of understanding on the exchange of technology, experience and solutions relating to smart city development.
Major economic hubs of big cities and provinces nationwide have announced ambitious multi-billion dollar projects to become smart cities, well-equipped to take advantage of opportunities presented by the digital age.
The southern province of Binh Duong is looking for original, innovative, and feasible ideas to build its city of the same name into a smart city in a competition launched on July 13.
Hanoi is determined to build a people-centered and business-oriented smart city by 2030, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu during the sixth World Cities Summit (WCS) 2018 held in Singapore on July 9.
VOV.VN - On July 4, Business France hosted the Vietnam-France Smart and Sustainable City Cooperation Forum 2018 in HCM City.
The authorities of the northern province of Hai Duong had a working session on June 20 with a delegation from the International Real Estate Federation’s representative agency in the Republic of Korea (FIABCI-Korea) on the building of a smart city in the locality.
The VNTT Company, a subordinate business of the Becamex IDC Corp., based in southern Binh Duong province, and the NTT Vietnam Corporation, an affiliate company of the NTT Group of Japan, officially signed a business cooperation contract on June 19, a move towards partnership in smart city building in Vietnam.
The total fund for the first phase of Hanoi's smart city project is estimated at over US$1 billion.
VOV.VN -Nowadays, architects, designers, owners and contractors have more comprehensive, synchronized and sustainable solutions for the coating needs of residential, commercial, educational, medical, and leisurely projects.
More than 270 children aged 8 to 14 are taking part in a summer programme to design a “smarter and more child-friendly” city.
Hanoi authorities and US-based Dell Technologies Inc. on June 8 secured a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation in building the local e-government and smart city.
Ho Chi Minh City needs to further back research if it wants to apply new technologies in public administration, especially in the context of its plans to become a smart city, a senior researcher has said.