A workshop on smart urban areas was jointly organised in Hanoi on May 6 by the National Innovation Centre (NIC), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) of Germany, and TU Dortmund University.

Vietnam is developing a roadmap for establishing an international financial centre (IFC), with the aim of building connections with major IFCs both regionally and globally.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to build its international financial centre in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, covering a total area of 9.2ha, according to the Municipal Department of Science and Technology.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.

VOV.VN - At the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders Meeting held in Indonesia, four entities including BRG Group (Vietnam), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), North Hanoi Smart City Development Investment Joint Stock Company (NHSC), and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP) handed over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on decarbonization through energy management between North Hanoi Smart City (NHSC) and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP), aiming to make North Hanoi Smart City the first carbon-neutral urban area in Vietnam and the world.

Projects carried out by investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the northern province of Bac Ninh are expected to create a highlight in the locality’s urban development in the coming years, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan said on July 16.

Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held talks with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Sanwoo in Hanoi on July 16, during which the two ministers inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two ministries in urban and social housing development.

The People's Committee of Ha Nam province and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development Corporation (KIND) on July 15 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishing a strategic cooperation framework on smart urban area and hi-tech zone projects in the northern province.

The Department of Construction of Hung Yen province has issued a document to Vinhomes JSC, confirming the approval for foreign organisations and individuals to own residential properties in two Vinhomes projects.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on March 2 pressed the button to announce the master planning until 2045 of the Cam Lam new urban area in Nha Trang city of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.