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World Bank to support Ho Chi Minh City in creative urban area development
​Phuong Thao 17:27, 2018/02/03
World Bank (WB) is willing to support Ho Chi Minh City in building creative urban areas as the city’s proposals.
WB Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione said during a recent reception hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal People’s Committee.
 
Ho Chi Minh City will build innovative urban areas in districts of 2, 9 and Thu Duc
Ho Chi Minh City will build innovative urban areas in districts of 2, 9 and Thu Duc
Chairman of the committee Nguyen Thanh Phong hailed the emergence of creative urban areas as a boost to economic development in the city and the entire southern key economic zone. He asked the WB to include the content of supporting creative urban area development projects in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two sides on strategic connectivity for 2017-2020.
Dione said that WB is willing to support the city in this issue and suggested that the city should also define specific tasks that the WB could help, such as technical support or management consulting.
The city has planned to build innovative urban areas in districts of 2, 9 and Thu Duc.
At the reception, Phong also asked the WB to help the southern economic hub in carrying out projects on upgrading and moving houses along canals and ditches, and in organizing an international seminar on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in key sectors such as infrastructure, health, and education.  
Dione said that the WB wishes to coordinate with Ho Chi Minh City in deploying training programs to enhance the capabilities of officials working in the area of PPP project management.
WB will continue to support the city in rolling out projects to renovate and evacuate houses along and on canals, as well as in urban refurbishment, in order to improve the quality of life for local citizens and enhance the city’s competitiveness, he said.
Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders have identified the intelligent urban organization as an effective development solution since 2016. The intelligent urban construction has been based on four entities, including the government, enterprises, people and social organizations.
The city identifies four basic solutions for its smart development, including building urban authorities with long-term development strategies; the government lending support to the above four subjects in order to determine the effectiveness of a development model; strongly developing telecommunication infrastructure so that cyberspace becomes the living space of all people; and citizens are the subject of intelligent urban development.
The city has recently also officially announced a project on building the smart city for 2017-2020 with a vision to 2025. The city’s two districts of 1 and 12 will be the first to pilot the implementation of the project.
The smart city model will be implemented in three stages. The first stage between now and 2020 will focus on building the technology foundation that also includes data centers and open-source data, while the second stage to 2025 will centre on the launch of smart applications in specific areas. The third stage after 2025 will be built on new visions for development.
Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee, said that smart city is a solution to not only address traffic, economic, cultural and social issues, but also to open up great opportunities and potential for international cooperation.
According to Tuyen, the building of the smart city will focus on four main pillars, including the building of a data centre, an operating centre, a service centre, and an information security centre.
He asked for improved management of capital and human resources, particularly in the area of information technology, in order to support the establishment of a smart city.
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