USTDA wants to help HCM City in smart city building efforts
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is willing to assist Ho Chi Minh City in becoming a smart city, USTDA Country Manager David Ross told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen on March 10.
HCM City (VNA) – The US Trade and DevelopmentAgency (USTDA) is willing to assist Ho Chi Minh City in becoming a smart city,USTDA Country Manager David Ross told Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Tran Vinh Tuyen on March 10.
He said the USTDA has assisted the building ofmany smart cities around the world and gained certain successes. It is ready tosend US experts to HCM City to assess, design or improve the smart citybuilding plan.
US businesses want to cooperate with and helpthe southern economic hub of Vietnam in smart city building, he said, askingHCM City to detail plans on the fields that need assistance from the USTDA so thatthe two sides can work on them as soon as possible.
At the meeting, Tuyen appreciated the agency’sassistance to his city, asking it to comment on the local master plan on smartcity building or participate in the plan implementation.
Municipal authorities will provide favourableconditions for the USTDA to conduct surveys and seek cooperation opportunities,he added.
Valuing the USTDA’s idea of an emergencycommunication system, Tuyen asked the agency to work with local authorisedsides to carry out this project, thus addressing shortcomings of the existingsystem which uses many telephone numbers.
Ross said the USTDA wants to introduceexperienced businesses to provide solutions for building the communicationsystem.-VNA
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