Phu Quoc to be ‘smart city’ by 2020

Thứ Bảy, 13/05/2017, 20:28

The Kien Giang Province People’s Committee has approved making Phu Quoc a smart city by 2020. The project will be based on the VNPT’s information communications technology infrastructure and the province’s e-governance.

It seeks to develop Phu Quoc island into a smart, hospitable and safe city that attracts tourists, improve the quality of services available to local residents and tourists and urban management.

The most important factor in making Phu Quoc a “smart” city is information and telecommunications infrastructure, which must be capable of supporting all functions of e-government and smart services in tourism, transport, environment, healthcare, education and finance.

A view of Phu Quoc island in the southern province of Kien Giang.

The project will invest in an optic-fibre network, develop and expand 4G services in the island, provide free wi-fi, usher in e-governance, set up online management of visitors, and offer online management of healthcare and education, among other things.

“The project will improve the quality and effectiveness as well as reduce the cost of State management; provide convenient services and ensure safety for tourists and locals and create breakthroughs for the socio-economic development of Phu Quoc Island,” Mai Văn Huỳnh, deputy chairman of the Kien Giang People’s Committee, told the Đầu Tư (Vienam Investment Review) newspaper.

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