Hanoi wishes to learn from experience of Italy’s Milan city in urban construction and development for its programme to become a smart city, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
The Trung Hoa-Nhan Chinh urban area in Hanoi (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi wishes to learnfrom experience of Italy’s Milan city in urban construction and development forits programme to become a smart city, said Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Nguyen Duc Chung at a working session with a EU delegation on June13.
Hanoi will cooperate with Milan in urbandevelopment, focusing on high-tech applications and smart city building, underthe World City network, according to Ambassador Bruno Angelet, head of the EUDelegation to Vietnam.
The World City network is an initiativelaunched by the EU aimed at promoting the exchange of experience and the bestpractice on regional and urban development policies between EU cities and non-EUpeers.
Chung said Hanoi prioritises transportinfrastructure development, high-quality personnel training and administrativereform.
IT will be the main tool used in the cityconstruction and development, he said, adding that city is expected to completea big data system by 2020.
However, the official said, Hanoi wants topartner with small-and medium-sized enterprises of Europe in general and thoseof Milan in particular as the city still faces difficulties in building amodern information system.
Hanoi stands ready to facilitate Europeaninvestors and wants to cooperate with European architects in building roads andbridges, and upgrading ancient houses, he noted.
Italian Ambassador Cecilia Piccioni said Milanis the sixth largest city in the EU in terms of network infrastructure.
Following President Tran Dai Quang’s visit toItaly in 2016, the World City network is the next step to advance relationsbetween the two countries and their cities, the diplomat said.
Italy and the EU in general hope for morecooperation opportunities with Vietnamese enterprises to build smart and moderncities, she noted.-VNA
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The Trung Hoa-Nhan Chinh urban area in Hanoi (Source: VNA) 
