The project worth nearly 4.2 billion USD is invested in by Vietnam’s BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Group, and covers 272 hectares.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) attends at the groundbreaking ceremony of the first smart city project in Hanoi.

It is based on the smart urban planning scheme of Nhat Tan-Noi Bai axis which is over 11km long, and divided into five phases which are expected to be fully completed by 2028.

The highlight of this project will be a 108-storey financial tower. Investors have the ambition of turning this place into a financial centre of Vietnam and Southeast Asia as a whole.

A multifunctional smart monitoring and warning system will be installed to keep track of the quality air and water, the weather, and natural disaster risks as well as security and safety.

A management system of smart buildings and renewable energy technology will be prioritised to optimise energy supply and storage.

The implementation of an environmentally-friendly public transport system will help connect the smart city with the centre of Hanoi.

The project is taken as a reiteration of Vietnam’s commitments to implementing sustainable smart city development project between 2018 and 2025, with a vision to 2030, with the main goal of establishing a chain of smart cities in the northern, central and southern regions, and the Mekong Delta.

Da Nang wins smart city award

The central city of Da Nang has 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.

Hanoi wishes to cooperate with Estonia in smart city building

Hanoi wants to enhance cooperation with Estonia to build infrastructure for smart city development, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

HCM City partners with UK in building smart city

The Office of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Consulate General of the UK in the city on January 3 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in implementing the future global city programme, which aims to turn the city into a smart city, in the 2019-2022 period.

Vietnamese team wins int’l smart city initiative competition

The iNut Smartcity Team from Vietnam’s University of Economics and Law has won the World Technopolis Association (WTA) 2018 Binh Duong Smart City Initiative Competition.

Hanoi to host ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018 this month

The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018 will be held in Hanoi from September 18-19, themed “Creating Smarter and Securer Cities by Digital Solutions”.

Source: VNA