Nguyen Thien Nhan (third, right), Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, at the Eindhoven High-Tech Campus (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City wishes to learn from the Dutch city of Eindhoven’sexperience in smart city development and cooperation models between the stateand businesses, schools, and research institutes, especially in smart citybuilding and operation, an official from HCM City said on May 21, as part of hisvisit to the Netherlands.
NguyenThien Nhan, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, told Vice Mayor of Eindhoven,Stijn Steenbakkers, that this is the first visit to the Dutch city by a HCMCity delegation.
Theofficial expressed his hope that the two localities will set up initialrelations following the visit, thus creating a foundation for their future cooperationactivities.
Laterthe same day, the delegation visited the Eindhoven University of Technology toexchange experience and discuss orientations in smart city development, whileexploring the school’s new technologies in this sphere.
Theysuggested the Dutch university join hands in personnel training in service ofthe Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Aspart of the trip, the HCM delegation studied smart lighting solutions at theEindhoven High-Tech Campus – home to Signify Group, who are famous worldwide fortheir connected LED lighting products, systems, and services.
Ata working session with representatives of Signify Group, the HCM City sideinvited the group to attend a workshop on urban and decorative lighting slatedfor the third quarter of this year in the Vietnamese southern metropolis.
Nhancalled on the group to help the city implement its urban lighting programme,especially in historical and cultural sites that are in need of preservation.
SignifyGroup, which has carried out lighting projects at Nhat Tan Bridge in Hanoi andRong (Dragon) Bridge in the central city of Da Nang, accepted HCM City’sinvitation and proposal.
Whilein the Netherlands, the HCM City officials visited an innovation centre run by thePhilips Group, where they were briefed on smart medical models.
Nhansaid such models fit HCM City’s target of becoming a smart city, withinnovative urban areas.
Hesuggested that Philips build a centre for testing medical technologies in HCMCity, and pledged that the city will give land to the project and widely apply itsoutcomes in local hospitals.
TheDutch group said it is interested in the proposal and will consider it. –VNA
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