WTA Majors’ Forum offers good measures to Binh Duong

The urbanization process is taking place at an ever-increasing rate throughout the world and poses significant economic, social and environmental challenges. The 6th WTA Mayor's Forum has offered a number of solutions to mobilize resources to address the issues that have been set for cities around the world.

Technology strategy is based on collaboration

At the forum, the mayor of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Emil Boc, said the city government is striving for a harmonious mix of technology and people's participation. City development is determined by the quality of life of the people. The city applies the state governance system of the "5 houses" model: the State, schools, businesses, non-governmental organizations and people. Activities and projects related to smart infrastructure can be divided into themes: urban transport and mobility, energy and climate, people safety, internet access ... The application of new technologies to create innovative solutions to solve many problems arising in the city; develop new culture - people and social organizations participate.

Tran Thanh Liem (center), Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee is in an exchange with Dr. Jan Fritz Retterg, Innovation Director of Dortmund (Germany) on the sideline of the WTA Majors’ Forum. Photo: Tieu My

Dr. Jan Fritz Retterg, Creative Director of the City of Dortmund (Germany), said that the Dortmund city-building projects - the smart cities of the present and future include the fields of energy and climate change, logistics and transport, information technology and infrastructure, safety and security. In this regard, participants were very interested in how the city of Dortmund used Blockchian technology as a tool to promote the industry, and there was an effective connection between people and technology. Addressing social issues, especially dealing with the issue of public transport. The delegates said that the state must have specific plans in each area, then link with experts then can evaluate the feasibility and implementation of the project ...

Francisco Cuenca, the mayor of Granada, Spain, shares the city of Granada with a modern infrastructure linking the airport and seaports with major freeways. The ambition of Granada is to promote economic growth based on information technology, health care, biotechnology and cultural tourism with a social vision. At the forum, he also introduced two initiatives: Flexible waste collection and accessibility of Granada.

Binh Duong makes good use of opportunities

Speaking at the forum, Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee affirmed that with specific mechanisms and policies of Vietnam, in recent years Binh Duong province has made efforts Breakthrough is innovative and dynamic in development. Binh Duong has exploited and exploited its potentials and advantages in order to attract domestic and foreign investment resources, promote the development of industry, services and urban areas; To create a premise for economic, cultural and social development in a comprehensive and sustainable manner.

With the rapid economic development, especially the industrialization process, Binh Duong now faces a number of shortcomings such as high population growth rate, social infrastructure is not enough to meet the requirements. The social security is still limited; the lack of school facilities, medical equipment, and other environmental problems that any developed city has. Mr. Liem said that the provincial leaders always strive to find the most effective and appropriate solution to minimize the impacts of development, promote socio-economic growth and bring about a happy life. people.

Nowadays, the opportunities and challenges of globalization and the rapid progress of science and technology, especially the wave of the 4^th Industrial Revolution, together with the advances in artificial intelligence, internet connection etc. have brought great value, directly influenced and created important opportunities for Binh Duong province in the development process. More than ever, the province needs to take advantage of the smallest opportunities for development, in which intelligent urban building and learning experiences from WTA members are one of the key solutions for Binh Duong province to develop later breakthroughs.

Reported by Tieu My – Translated by Vi Bao