Binh Duong is in top 7 most intelligent communities of the world in 2022

On the evening of June 21, at Binh Duong Provincial Exhibition Convention Center, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named Binh Duong as one of the TOP 7 communities having outstanding intelligent city development strategy of the world in 2022. This is the second time Binh Duong has been in the TOP 7, together with other smart cities in the world.

Provincial Party Secretary welcome delegates to the ceremony to honor the TOP 7 communities having intelligent city development strategies of the world in 2022.

Honored guests of the ceremony included Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Louis Zacharilla, Co-founder of the ICF; Peter Portheine, Former Member of the Dutch Noord Brabant Regional Council, member of the Executive Board of Binh Duong Smart City; Joost Helms, Director of Eindhoven Academy, Former Deputy Mayor of Eindhoven (Netherlands), member of the Executive Board of Binh Duong Smart City; and representatives of some foreign provinces and cities having friendly cooperation with Binh Duong province, such as: Eindhoven City - Netherlands, Daejeon City - South Korea, Champasak Province - Laos; Kratie Province - Cambodia; representatives of Consulate Generals and foreign business associations in Ho Chi Minh City  and Binh Duong province.

On the side of Binh Duong province, Nguyen Van Loi, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of Provincial Delegation of the National Assembly; Nguyen Hoang Thao, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, vice chairmen and members of the Provincial People's Committee.

Mai Hung Dung speaks at the ceremony of honoring top 7 intelligent communities in 2022.

After four consecutive times of being in TOP 21 (Smart 21) and then reaching the TOP 7 for the first time in 2021, the Binh Duong Smart Region continues to be recognized by the world’s Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) in the TOP 7 communities having the most outstanding intelligent development strategies of the world in 2022.

To rate a city of the TOP 7, ICF conducted researches and evaluated hundreds of cities around the world to select the TOP 21 (Smart 21). The TOP 21 continued to be carefully, directly and indirectly compared and evaluated to have the TOP 7 cities having the smartest development strategies.

To a region in the TOP 7, first of all, it is necessary to meet 6 strict criteria of the ICF, including: Connectivity - Broadband; Workforce; Innovation; Equality of digital access; Encouragement Support and Sustainability.

The moment of announcing Binh Duong into the world’s TOP 7 most intelligent communities in 2022.

Speaking at the ceremony, Louis Zacharilla emphasized: "The TOP 21 and TOP 7 are successful cities that look forward to the future. The true value of this ceremony is that domestic and foreign investors have a different view to make their investment decisions in Binh Duong or develop valuable cooperation with Binh Duong.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mai Hung Dung, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Executive Board of Binh Duong Smart City, congratulated Binh Duong on the result of once again being honored in the TOP 7 most intelligent community in 2022. Top 7 is not the last goal of Binh Duong, but the province needs to try harder, work better so that it is always a place worth investing in, worth studying and worth living. He expressed his desire to cooperate with smart and prosperous cities around the globe in the coming time. He also thanked Becamex IDC Corporation and Louis Zacharilla and his colleagues for always accompanying and contributing to the development of the province and Binh Duong Smart City.

With the right strategies and steady development stages of Binh Duong in recent years, the implementation of major breakthrough strategies, namely, the Binh Duong Innovation Region project - the center of the Smart City project in the upcoming development phase, Binh Duong has been honored by ICF in the TOP 7 most intelligent community in 2022.

Reported by Phuong Le, Minh Duy – Translated by Ngoc Huynh

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