To continue effectively implementing key tasks for sustainable smart city development, the Chairman of the Hai Phong People’s Committee recently issued Directive No. 356/UBND-QH, assigning relevant departments, sectors, the People’s Committees of districts, Thuy Nguyen city, and related units to proactively review key issues within their functions and responsibilities to promote sustainable smart city development in 2025.
Accordingly, smart city development must be implemented comprehensively, with components closely connected and investment priorities set to ensure efficient resource use. Social resources should be mobilized for investment and construction of smart city projects and components to ease the pressure on the State budget and actively engage all levels, sectors, authorities, businesses, and citizens. Citizens must be involved from the outset in planning, designing, and constructing the sustainable smart city master plan.
Development plans should follow a prioritized roadmap, avoiding scattered and disconnected efforts, and align with the specific conditions of each unit. The focus is on serving the people, based on the needs of residents and businesses. Implementation should be gradual, starting with pilot models for review and refinement before scaling up. There must be a balance between long-term urban development goals and the urgent needs of the people, ensuring both short-term and long-term investment efficiency, and avoiding spontaneous, uncoordinated, or trend-driven development.
The Department of Construction, Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority, localities, and planning agencies are tasked with applying GIS systems to manage and implement planning. Urban smart city planning must be strengthened, integrating sustainable smart city development into construction plans and urban development programs, projects, and initiatives. Digital transformation must be closely linked with sustainable smart city development.
The Department of Science and Technology will lead, coordinating with other departments, sectors, localities, and units to strengthen integration and multi-sector coordination to develop urban spatial data infrastructure, land, environment, urban, construction data, and other GIS-based datasets. These will serve various tasks such as smart city development, e-government, administrative reform, and smart city operation centers. A shared data warehouse and provincial-level data integration and analytics platform will be built to support both digital transformation and smart city development. Attracting and developing data analytics experts is also a key focus to ensure effective use of shared data.