Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has been honoured forits attractiveness in startup and innovation under the Vietnam Smart City Award2023 programme series.
Launched on July 20, 2023, the award aims to honour provinces,cities, real estate investors, and technology businesses that feature urban developmentsolutions. The award promotes cooperation in building appropriate models and the development of smart cities in Vietnam, said President of the VietnamSoftware and IT Services Association (VINASA) Nguyen Van Khoa at an awardceremony held by the association on November 30.
A total of 32 units and businesses were honoured inthe categories of urban management, industry real estate, and technologyservices and solutions.
Nguyen Nhat Quang, Director of VINASA Institute ofScience and Technology, pointed to the urgent need to build unified datainfrastructure to serve the development of smart cities.
Deputy Minister of Information and CommunicationsNguyen Huy Dung also held that smart urban development should go in tandem withdigital transformation, with people put at the centre.
The award ceremony took place within the frameworkof the Vietnam - Asia Smart City Summit 2023, which is taking place fromNovember 29-30 under the theme of “Data Mining – Building Smart Citiesfor Sustainable Development”./.