Da Nang organizes the 9th urban development forum in the city of Yokohama, Japan

On September 9th, 2019, Danang organized the 9th urban development forum of the city in Yokohama, Japan. 

The forum was organized in 03 days from 09-11 September 2019. In this forum, the two cities reassessed the cooperation results over the past time, namely the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the two cities (in April 2019). In the coming time, the cities will focus on developing public transport, building port government projects, environmental issues, high technology, information technology and city construction. clever.

In the forum, the two cities summarized the achievements of economic cooperation between the two cities in recent years. Especially with the financial support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in recent years such as: waste separation project, water pump supply project, Lien Chieu port research project. At the same time, the representative from Da Nang highly appreciated the mode of cooperation between the public and private sectors of Yokohama City through the Center of establishment the knowledge- Y-PORT and the Yokohama Urban Solutions Alliance – YUSA; Danang hope that Yokohama city will continue to share experiences for Danang City to learn and apply to develop similar models in the city.

In addition, representative of Da Nang mentioned specific matters that need Yokohama to coordinate and support in the future such as: support to raise awareness of waste separation at source, technical observation of water environment and air environment, human resource training in the field of information technology, high technology, smart city, training and caring for the elderly …

At the forum, leaders of the two cities witnessed the departments and units of the two localities signing the cooperation minutes, marking, committing and confirming the sustainable cooperation relationship of the two cities, including: (1) Framework for implementing the Memorandum of Cooperation between the two cities for the period of 2019-2022 (2) Promotion of energy saving project towards people in Da Nang city by JICA funding (3) Danang Industrial Wastewater Management Project.

In the coming time, Danang wishes the two cities to work together to develop together, to attract Japanese investors to Danang to invest in here through setting up company under foreign direct investment scheme, thereby helping the city to learn a lot of experience in construction and development in the future.

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Da Nang Hold Series of International Information Technology Activities

From 21st to 24th October, the Danang People’s Committee in collaboration with the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) will organize an important international chain of information technology activities, including: Smart City Summit 2019 – The 3rd Smart City Summit 2019 and Japan Information Technology Day 2019 – The 12th Japan ICT Day 2019 in Danang.

Smart City Summit is an annual international event being held to promote cooperation, experience sharing, and smart city building strategy for the cities in the area, based on new technology platforms such as: IoT, Big Data, AI, SMAC… they help to manage the city’s performance and bring practical utilities, social security to the citizen, accelerate the digital transformation process of governments and orgazations, enterprise.

The summit will have the participation of 600 delegates, including about 200 international delegates, including senior leaders of the Government, ministries and central branches of Vietnam; leaders of major cities in Vietnam and the region; leaders of leading enterprises, technology corporations of Vietnam and the world.

The summit will be an opportunity for Danang to acquire and build a smart city, based on the scientific and technological foundations of advanced countries in the world, to build a smart and modern city, application of Information Technology (IT) to management and operation to bring high efficiency in the process of development and investment attraction.

Japan ICT Day is a cooperative promotion activity for Vietnam and Japan IT enterprises organized annually by VINASA and Vietnam – Japan Cooperation Committee (VJC), starting from 2007. The program was the sponsorship of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the coordination and support of many Japanese organizations such as the Embassy of Japan, JETRO, JISA, JEITA, KEIS, OADC, CSAJ, JASA,…

Japan ICT Day 2019 with the theme “Vietnam-Japan cooperation to promote digital transformation” will have the participation of 350 delegates, including nearly 100 delegates from Japan, with 3 topics: Cooperation Vietnam-Japan IT in the new technology trend; Developing IT human resources for Vietnam – Japan IT cooperation; Improve the efficiency in software outsourcing. Japan ICT Day 2019 is also expected to create a highlight to further promote Vietnam-Japan IT cooperation in Danang in particular and cooperation between localities of Japan and Danang in all fields.

Danang holds the 3rd Smart City Summit 2019 and the 12th Japan ICT Day 2019 continue the target of “’The year continues to promote attract investment “of the city, and at the same time promote the process of building a smart city in Danang.

By the events, Danang wishes to complete the process of establishing a smart city in the near future, and attracting and learning the experiences of advanced countries in the world. This is also an opportunity for investors around the world to set up company in Danang in the future, to be able to give the best benefits not only for investors but also for the development of Danang city.

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Vision to develop logistics services in Da Nang | ANT Consulting

Da Nang, with its favorable geographical location, lies on the arterial North-South traffic axis in terms of road, rail, sea and air, is an important traffic gateway of the Central – Central Highlands and is the end point on the East-West Economic Corridor running through Vietnam – Laos – Myanmar – Thailand, converging types of transport from air, seaport, railway, expressway, especially with deep water ports. Therefore, Da Nang has a great potential to develop into a maritime transport center, an important logistics hub to countries in the region.   

In the economic development orientation and in the Politburo’s Resolution No. 43-NQ/TW dated January 24, 2019 on Da Nang construction and development to 2030, a vision to 2045 defines: Danang will focus on exploiting advantages to soon become a marine economic center, forming logistics service supply chains for the Central and Central Highlands. 

To comply with the Resolution, currently, in parallel with the expansion of the port, Da Nang is also actively calling for investment in logistics centers. Of which, 20 hectares in Hoa Vang district, 2 hectares in the north of Da Nang airport, 9.1 hectares in the High-Tech Park. At the same time, promote the early operation of highways Da Nang – Quang Ngai, La Son – Tuy Loan… to awaken potentials, promote trade links, connect industrial zones, economic zones in the region, thereby becoming the driving force to promote the city’s logistics services industry. 

In addition, Da Nang will build a new Lien Chieu port as a transport port, Tien Sa port will be a tourist port in order to promote the central role of the international seaport city and urban seaport. According to the Department of Planning and Investment of the city, the Lien Chieu port project is currently completing the environmental impact assessment report, submitting for appraisal and approval of the subdivision planning project 1/2,000. City leaders suggested early appraisal of capital sources and capital balancing capabilities, and proposed to allocate central budget capital to support projects. In the next phases, Lien Chieu port will attract investors in logistics items. This is an important premise for Da Nang to promote the role of a key maritime route in the Central region and a logistics center in the region. 

With the above orientation, it is expected that in the coming time, the market of transport services and logistics in the city will develop more vibrantly, raising the quality of services not only in the city but in the region. It is hoped that more companies will invest, set up company and apply for investment certificate in Da Nang in the area of logistics and logistics support.

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