Local dwellers also use IT solutions to communicate with the local authorities and use public services online. The model of smart city has been implemented in San Francisco in the US and Songdo in South Korea.
Smart city is understood as the modern city, where the urban area management agencies apply information and communication technology strongly in their management works, including the public administration services, or urban environment management.
Local dwellers also use IT solutions to communicate with the local authorities and use public services online. The model of smart city has been implemented in San Francisco in the US and Songdo in South Korea.
From single solutions…
In fact, technology groups began providing smart IT solutions in some fields several years ago already. Swedish Ericsson has provided the solution to connect information systems in healthcare in Vietnam, a part of the program towards the e-healthcare. Ericsson has joined forces with the private Trang An Hospital in Hanoi to pilot the project.
With the solution, physicians and patients can communicate for health examination and disease treatments via mobile phones, while they do not have to meet each other. Ericsson plans to apply the solution in other hospitals in Vietnam as well, if the pilot project at Trang Anh hospital succeeds.
The information connection information by Ericsson is composed of a lot of different components which can operate independently or in combination to create different solution packages, depending on the investment scales.
The components include the database about clinical records and about patients, healthcare centers, basic integrated services, electronic prescriptions, the services provided by e-physicians, and the analysis and reporting systems.
Jan Wassenius, General Director of Ericsson Vietnam, said that the solution is believed to help ease the overloading at healthcare centers in Vietnam.
Unlike the foreign solution provider, Bkav SmartHome, a 100 percent domestic owned company targets private houses to provide its solution.
Vu Thanh Thang, Director of Bkav SmartHome, said that the company has only provided single solutions, such as the induced water discharge system or the intelligent lightening system.
It is expected that the fully worked out smart home of “SmartHome” would be introduced to clients by the end of the year with 20-30 already-programmed interior devices. Each of the devices will regulate a specific system, such as electricity, air conditioner or lighting systems. The users can make programming for their homes via mobile phones or Internet-accessible computers.
… to an “ecosystem of solutions”
Aiming for long term purposes, some foreign technology groups, including Cisco, IBM, HP and Siemens have been following the strategies on building up whole “ecosystem of solutions” for smart urban areas in Vietnam.
Phan Thanh Son, Technology Director of Cisco Vietnam, said that the smart city tendency has opened a new great market for the information technology industry. Son said that Cisco may join in all the phases of the building up of smart cities or smart buildings, from designing ideas to implementation.
Michael Tormody, a senior executive of ARUP, a big group specializing in design and urban programming consultancy, also an independent consultant in the ecosystem of Cisco’s partners, has also said that ARUP is ready to give consultancy to municipal management agencies in the issues relating to the development of smart cities.
The list of Cisco’s partners also includes other well known names such as APC, the software and hardware supplier, TE Connectivity, specializing in electricity energy and data, Dimension Data, specializing in quality management and improvement of IT infrastructure, Panduit in electricity and network solutions. Besides, Korean Telecom, the supplier of the services on operating smart urban areas, has also accessed the Vietnamese market via Cisco.
Da Nang is considered the first city in Vietnam which moves towards the smart city. The HCM City and Hanoi’s authorities also have meetings with international technology groups to choose the partners for implementing the smart city development program.
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