Quang Ninh looks toward knowledge-based economy
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northeastern
province of Quang Ninh is determined to build a digital administration, the
next step of e-administration.
This is considered an inevitable trend in the
context of extensive international integration and the boom of the fourth
Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) as well as local development.
Based on
“smart city” foundation
Following the success in building the e-administration
and reforming administrative procedures in the 2012 – 2018 period, Quang Ninh
province has built a digital administration based on the implementation of a
project building smart cities in the 2019 – 2025 period.
Quang Ninh province’s smart cities will take
people and tourists as the centre. They will be encouraged to help develop
tourism services.
The local authorities will work to improve
management capacity as well as the quality and efficiency of socio-economic
activities, creating an attractive investment environment and promoting inclusive
development.
The province will continue refining legal
regulations to facilitate the implementation and development of e-administration,
digital ministration and smart cities.
The smart city project will be carried out in Cam Pha, Uong
Bi and Mong Cai cities.
Looking
towards knowledge-based economy
Quang Ninh was the first province in Vietnam to
implement e-document exchange at the central, provincial, district and communal
levels.
So far, the provincial e-administration system
has made e-document exchanges with 33 ministries and departments along with 62
cities and provinces across the country.
The province is building information systems and
database for specialised fields such as business, land, health management,
management of civil status, transport infrastructure, tourism, environment,
entrance and exit management and management of database on children, among
others.
Looking to become an information knowledge-based
economic centre in the northern region, Quang Ninh province is establishing a
concentrated information technology park at Tuan Chau ward, Ha Long city, on
nearly 8.46 hectares.
The detailed planning scheme of the project has
been approved and the selection of the investor is underway.
The project will focus on research and development,
training, producing and trading IT products and services, in addition to
providing infrastructure and services for organisations and businesses in the
field.
The establishment of the IT park is crucial for
Quang Ninh province to develop creative smart services.
Ha Long city aims to become smart tourism city
Ha
Long city – which is home to the world natural heritage site of Ha Long
Bay is angling to become a smart tourism
city.
The city plans to apply technologies in various sectors including health,
education, governance, transport, finance-banking and taxation with an aim to
provide convenient services to people and businesses.
Authorities
plan to accelerate the smart city development process and make the city a
modern metropolis by 2020.
Five smart-city projects have investment for the 2017-20 period, including
plans to upgrade lighting system, set up online tax collection system and
technology application in urban management and improve tourism safety on Ha
Long Bay.
According to the local authority,
nearly 3,500 Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps have been installed on 18 key
roads of the city.
A public
lighting controlling centre has been built to supervise the operation of the
city’s lighting system.
The LED lamps help save electricity and more
will be installed in the areas far from the city centre.
To develop a smart city,
local agencies have piloted smart tax collection system at 34 enterprises to
avoid tax losses.
The municipal Taxation Department has applied technology in
managing electronic bills of businesses, households and individuals.
A total 986 out of 3,607 local enterprises have used
electronic bills. More than 3,000 units pay tax online.
Electronic bills will be applied at 60 percent
of local businesses this year and all in 2020.-VNA