Authorities in Hanoi’s Cua Nam Ward have launched a pilot programme providing free public wifi, branded CuaNamFreeWifi, at tourist sites and public spaces across the ward.
The initiative aims to help visitors access information, maps and cultural or culinary destinations more easily, while supporting the capital’s transition toward a modern, smart city.
The 2025 Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) Global Summit opened on December 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together more than 600 urban leaders, technology experts and international investors.
The 2025 Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) Global Summit opened on December 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together more than 600 urban leaders, technology experts and international investors.
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Digital transformation is becoming an important pillar in the development strategies of all nations. In Viet Nam, the goal of building a digital government has been clearly defined with people at the centre, data as the foundation, and technology as a tool.
Online public services are considered the test of the effectiveness of this process. Lessons from pioneering countries show that for technology to truly serve the people, the decisive factors lie in governance mindset, the digital capacity of officials, and the engagement of the community.
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The centre was built with a total investment of 10 million USD, including 9 million USD funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and 1 million USD in counterpart capital allocated for the 2021–2025 period.
A smart city operation centre, part of the smart city development project in Quang Nam, was inaugurated in Tam Ky ward of Da Nang city on November 27.
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Digital government cannot be achieved without digital citizens, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said, stressing that people must remain “both the center and the driver” of the national digital transformation to ensure they genuinely benefit from it.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Government’s steering committee for science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06, chaired the committee’s fifth meeting in Hanoi on November 15.
Read more: VN: PM calls for developing digital citizens as core of national digital transformation