Fourth generation (4G) mobile phone services are expected to see a strong development in the country this year, accelerating the completion of national programmes such as e-Government, Smart City and Smart Agriculture, said Pham Hong Hai, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication (MIC).
Hai told a 4G international conference held in Hanoi last week that domestic telecom providers have installed 43,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs), which are able to provide 4G services to 95 percent of the country’s population. Vietnam has 6.3 million subscribers using 4G SIM.
HCM City needs Europe’s experience and solutions to create smart cities, a conference heard Friday.
Speaking at the “Cyber security, Internet of Things and Connected Services towards a smart city” conference, organised by the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (EuroCham), Võ Quang Huệ, vice chairman of EuroCham, said: “The Smart Cities subject is one of great importance for EuroCham Việt Nam. EuroCham believes its members have a lot to offer for Việt Nam’s sustainable development.
Microsoft Vietnam has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee to develop the south-central beach city of Nha Trang into a smart city with a particular focus on tourism.
The cooperation between the two parties is to be implemented from now to 2020 in six fields: infrastructure development; IT application in provincial e-government; IT application in tourism and planning; IT application in education, healthcare, transport, agriculture, e-commerce and industry; training and development of IT human resources; and solutions for information security network safety and intellectual property issues.
Read more: Microsoft Vietnam helps Nha Trang to develop as a smart city
The US stands ready to sponsor, support and share its experience in building smart cities with Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius said.
Ted Osius made the statement at a workshop on Vietnam-US cooperation in developing smart cities jointly held by the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications, the US Embassy in Vietnam, and the US Trade and Development Agency in Hanoi on June 21-22.
Read more: Ted Osius vows US support for smart city building in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has asked all central agencies and local administrations nationwide to focus efforts on preparing human resources and infrastructure development to implement the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said all ministries and sectors should apply e-government systems so that they can offer better quality services to the people and enterprises by further simplifying and modernizing all administrative procedures, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.