Online public voting has opened for the IDC Smart City Asia Pacific Awards in which Việt Nam’s QTSC Integrated Operation Centre solution (QTSC IOC) is a finalist in the Administration category. — Photo courtesy of QTSC IDC Asia-Pacific has chosen 57 finalists from more than 170 entries in the 2019 Smart City Asia Pacific Awards for public voting. The annual awards seek to identify, benchmark and gather public opinion through voting on the best projects each year across 12 functional smart city strategic domains: administration; civic engagement; digital equity and accessibility; economic development, tourism, arts, libraries, culture, open spaces; education; public health and social services; public safety; smart buildings; smart water, sustainable infrastructure; transportation; and urban planning and land use. Quang Trung Software City is participating in the Administration category with its QTSC Integrated Operation Center solution (QTSC IOC). It has been … [Read more...] about QTSC among finalists at IDC Smart City Asia Pacific Awards
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Binh Duong New City thrumming with activity
According to the approved project, Binh Duong New City is constructed in Binh Duong Industrial, Service, and Urban Complex, a civilised and modern urban area, and the central district of Binh Duong city in accordance with the planning orientation to 2020. For many years, real estate entrepreneurs considered Binh Duong New City as a "blue city” as it was empty of residents, although the transport and housing infrastructure have been finished. However, times have changed and this new city has affirmed its role as the political-economic-cultural centre of Binh Duong province. The Binh Duong New City project was approved by the government with the main work items including a centralised political and administrative centre, a high-tech park of Mapletree Investments Pte., Ltd. (Singapore), Eastern International University, an international school by Kinderworld Education Group (Singapore), commercial, financial, and banking centre, catering areas, senior conference areas, A-class … [Read more...] about Binh Duong New City thrumming with activity
VN, Japanese firms partner on smart city
The VNTT Company and NTT Việt Nam Corporation signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 24 to build a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong. — VNS Photo Van Chau The Viet Nam Technology & Telecommunication Joint Stock Company (VNTT) and NTT Viet Nam Corporation, a subsidiary of Japanese NTT, signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to build a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong. Under the MoU, NTT Viet Nam will collaborate with VNTT, founded in 2008 as a subsidiary of Becamex IDC, to provide information technology and telecommunications services to customers in industrial parks and urban areas. The tie-up will also include human resource training, technology transfer and implementation of measures to enhance the quality of services. The two sides will conduct research for feasibility studies to install public wi-fi in Binh Duong New City and other areas, and to develop a second data centre in the … [Read more...] about VN, Japanese firms partner on smart city
Businesses team up to help develop Binh Duong smart city
An area of Binh Duong New City in Binh Duong province (Photo: VNA) Binh Duong (VNA) – Subsidiaries of Vietnam’s Becamex IDC Corp. and Japan’s NTT East will partner in developing information and communications technology (ICT) to help southern Binh Duong province build a smart city. On January 24, the provincial People’s Committee presented the project investment certificate to the Vietnam Technology & Telecommunication JSC (VNTT) of Becamex IDC and the NTT Vietnam Corporation of NTT East. Earlier, the two parent firms had inked a memorandum of understanding on ICT cooperation in the initial stage of building the Binh Duong smart city. Basing on this deal, NTT Vietnam inked a business cooperation contract with VNTT to provide telecom and ICT services in the province. At the certificate presentation ceremony, affiliates of the Vietnamese and Japanese groups also signed a memorandum on the feasibility study, building and operation of a data centre in Binh … [Read more...] about Businesses team up to help develop Binh Duong smart city
Becamex IDC spurs foreign firms to do business in Binh Duong province
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam visited the hi-tech booth at the WTA held in October in Binh Duong Founded in 1976, Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC) has created a chain for manufacturing and business co-operation, attracting further foreign direct investment (FDI) to the province which in turn has seen improvements in transport and industrial parks. Among key infrastructure projects are the upgrading and expanding of National Highway 13, the Bau Bang-My Phuoc-Tan Van routes, and roads DT743 and DT744. These routes have helped both transport and industrial development, connecting industrial parks (IPs) in Binh Duong with seaports in the southern key economic zone. At the same time, they have stimulated the economic restructuring of the southern parts of Binh Duong. As of October 31, Binh Duong had a total of 3,420 foreign-invested projects with the total registered capital of $31.75 billion. With this, Binh Duong ranks third (after Ho Chi Minh City and … [Read more...] about Becamex IDC spurs foreign firms to do business in Binh Duong province
Binh Duong: the leading province for FDI and smart city establishment
Many roads in Binh Duong province have been upgraded and become outstanding signs of the urban architecture and industrial-service development. Synchronous infrastructure system and strong FDI attraction Binh Duong aims to become a green-clean-beautiful industrial city, a political, economic, cultural, and social centre, and an important transport hub in the Southern Key Economic Zone in addition to developing its own smart city model. To achieve this goal, Binh Duong province has step-by-step planned and built itself into a modern city. The province authorities have been actively investing in construction and long-term projects and works, attracting labour resources and long-term investment into infrastructure investment, and connecting areas within and outside the province. According to Nguyen Van Hung, chairman of Becamex IDC, Binh Duong province is well-known among foreign investors and international groups and many of them are rushing to the province to search for more … [Read more...] about Binh Duong: the leading province for FDI and smart city establishment
Smart city summit to boost province
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc with senior officials of Binh Duong province WTA 2018 will take place at the administrative centre of Binh Duong Students are exposed to high technology at the Eastern International University Binh Duong will host the World Technopolis Association (WTA) conference on October 10-12. The event, organised not long after Binh Duong became an official WTA member, will confirm the status of Binh Duong as a global player. This is also a great opportunity for the province to attract resources for socio-economic growth and smart city development. IMPROVING THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF BINH DUONG Established in 1998 in South Korea’s Daejeon city, WTA is a multilateral international organisation aiming to connect the advancement of science and technology with local development, to achieve a shared development through co-operation and exchanges among science cities. The organisation believes that development of science and technology leads … [Read more...] about Smart city summit to boost province
Vietnam, Japan firms partner in smart city building in Binh Duong
The VNTT Company and NTT Vietnam Corporation sign a business cooperation contract in Binh Duong province on June 19 (Photo: VNA) Binh Duong (VNA) – The VNTT Company, a subordinate business of the Becamex IDC Corp., based in southern Binh Duong province, and the NTT Vietnam Corporation, an affiliate company of the NTT Group of Japan, officially signed a business cooperation contract on June 19, a move towards partnership in smart city building in Vietnam. VNTT, founded in 2008, currently owns one of the three most modern and biggest data centres in Vietnam. Meanwhile, NTT is a leading telecommunications and IT company in Japan. The newly signed contract covers business cooperation in building, developing and operating cloud Wi-Fi networks and cloud-based value added services. It is to materialise the memorandum of understanding signed by Becamex IDC and the NTT Group with the aim of cooperating to study the feasibility of developing smart cities in Vietnam, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Japan firms partner in smart city building in Binh Duong
Japan firm to build Binh Duong smart city
Becamex IDC and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation sign a memorandum of understanding for building a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong on Monday. Photo Nguyen Van Viet Construction and development giant Becamex IDC and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding for building a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong. Under the MoU, NTT Vietnam will collaborate with Vietnam Technology & Telecommunication JSC, a subsidiary of Becamex IDC, to provide information technology and telecommunications services to customers in industrial parks and urban areas developed by the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP). The tie-up will also include human resource training and technology transfer and implementation of measures to enhance the quality of services. The two sides will also do research on a feasibility study to instal public wi-fi in Binh Duong New City … [Read more...] about Japan firm to build Binh Duong smart city
Binh Duong smart city to be built
Under the MoU, NNT East and the Vietnam Technology and Communications Development Corporation – an affiliate of Becamex IDC will provide high-quality information technology and telecommunications services for clients in industrial parks and urban areas such as the Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Park in the province as well as localities nationwide. Photo: cafef.vn Both sides will work together on workforce training, technology transfer, launching public wifi in Binh Duong new city and adjacent areas, and conducting a feasibility study on the building of the second data centre in service of local industrial and service development. Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem said the smart city development project is a joint effort of the State, businesses and scientists. He added that Binh Duong has devised a strategic breakthrough programme for 2016-2021 with a focus on high-quality workforce training, technical and IT … [Read more...] about Binh Duong smart city to be built