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Samsung urged to back Hanoi in smart city development

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh suggested Samsung provide the city with technical support in developing smart city and smart transport and promoting digital transformation.
Samsung urged to back Hanoi in smart city development ảnh 1Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh (right) meets with General Director of Samsung Vietnam Choi Joo Ho on January 15. (Photo: hanoi.gov.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee ChuNgoc Anh suggested Samsung provide the city with technical support indeveloping smart city and smart transport and promoting digital transformation.

He made the suggestion during a January 14 meeting with the GeneralDirector of Samsung Vietnam, Choi Joo Ho, who paid a courtesy call to report onthe Republic of Korea (RoK) company’s projects in Hanoi.

Choi said that work on Samsung’s Research & Development (R&D)Centre in Hanoi started last March and is on schedule, with 23 percentcompleted.

Once opened, the centre will employ about 3,000 tech engineers primarilyresponsible for developing software, the 5G network, artificial intelligence(AI), and Big Data, he said, adding that this will contribute to economicgrowth in Hanoi and Vietnam at large.

Samsung Vietnam is committed to strictly complying with localregulations and ensuring workplace safety. He also asked for continued supportfrom local authorities so the R&D centre will be finished by the end of2022, as planned.

Anh pledged to create all possible conditions for Samsung to speed upprogress and quickly put the centre into operation.

As Hanoi aims to stay ahead of other cities and provinces inscience-technology and innovation and become more competitive regionally, the chairmansaid he expects Samsung to share its tech solutions in multiple areas,including 5G and Big Data, to support the capital in smart city and smarttransport efforts and accelerate digital transformation.

Samsung Electronics Vietnam’s 16-storey R&D Centre, its largest inSoutheast Asia, will cover a total area of over 11,600 ha in the new town ofTay Ho Tay in Hanoi’s west.

This is the first time Samsung Electronics has built its own centre for R&Dactivities overseas. It is also the largest R&D centre among FDI companiesin Vietnam.

It is estimated to cost about 220 million USD./.
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