As air pollution worsens, green spaces diminish, and ageing infrastructure becomes a critical issue, experts assert that the green-digital transition is the key to protecting major cities like Hanoi from degradation.
According to the Vietnam urban and rural planning for this decade, the country’s urbanisation rate is expected to exceed 50 per cent by 2030. As a result, environmental challenges such as air pollution, the loss of green spaces, and infrastructure problems will become significant issues for large cities in Vietnam as they strive to become greener and smarter.
Read more: VN: Hanoi: Green and smart transition to address urban challenges
The Vietnam-Asia Smart Cities Summit 2024 highlights strategies for digital transformation and sustainable urban development, drawing lessons from global successes.
Developing smart cities is not merely about advancing technology but creating sustainable societies centered on people. This perspective, emphasized by RMIT Vietnam expert Associate Professor Nguyen Quang Trung, calls for a comprehensive approach that integrates governance, sustainability, and inclusivity.
Read more: Smart cities in Vietnam: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth
The central city plans to set up QR codes on signals of all streets, providing information and history, as well instructions for local residents and tourists, following a three-year pilot project in Sơn Trà district.
It’s part of the progress of the city’s digitalisation, outlined in the Master Plan in building Đà Nẵng into a ‘smart’ city in 2030-45 period.
Read more: VN: Da Nang to expand QR code system to all streets
The Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS) and the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute (AVPI) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding on digital transformation, energy transition, green economy, and super city governance using technology.
This is a milestone in the two institutes’ cooperation, a follow-up to a Ho Chi Minh City delegation’s visit to Australia in May this year.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.
At the event, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan highlighted the socio-economic achievements that the city has carved out over the recent past as well as its goal to transform itself into a modern and smart metropolis by 2030, saying the city is envisaged to become a dynamic hub of finance, commerce, culture, education, and science-technology with deep international integration.
Read more: VN: Int’l confab looks to develop skilled workforce for smart city development