Viet Nam, RoK cooperate in developing smart cities
VGP - The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the Republic of Korea 's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on October 11 launched the project to set up Viet Nam-Korea Cooperation Center on smart cities and construction technology (VKC).
The project aims to establish a professional center to promote research and training on smart cities and advanced construction technology in favor of the development of smart cities in Viet Nam.
Besides, the VKC targets to gradually specify Viet Nam's guideline and policies in order to complete legislation on smart cities and to enhance capacity building of local policy-making and monitoring agencies.
Statistics of the Ministry of Construction showed that 41 out of 63 localities nationwide are developing smart cities, 27 of which are building the model in entire cities and provinces.
The development of smart cities is one of the key factors for Viet Nam to achieve the target of becoming a high-income nation by 2045.
In August 2018, the Prime Minister signed a decision approving a national plan for development of smart sustainable cities for 2018-2025, with a vision to 2030.
This decision sets a target to turn the four biggest cities in the Southeast Asian country namely Ha Noi , Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Can Tho into cities with core smart functions by 2025 or 2030./.
