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Digital and Smart City
COVID–19 gives the advantage to Vietnam leading ASEAN toward a Smart City Vision
COVID-19 pushes ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASNC) COVID-19 has tested Vietnam's leadership of ASEAN. During its tenure as chair of ASEAN in 2020, the country has introduced five priority plans to be implemented by this year, including strengthening ASEAN institutional capacity and using the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to address social inequality. Among the five priority plans is the application ...
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Japan to Support Smart City in Hanoi
Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over the signing of an agreement in October between Japanese company Sumitomo and Vietnamese developer BRG Group to develop a smart city in Hanoi. The $4.2 billion “smart city” will be built on a 272ha site in Dong Anh district in northern Hanoi. The first phase will see the construction of 7,000 apartments and houses and eventually hospita...
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South Korea launches smart city project in Busan with ASEAN leaders
South Korea said they will build the country’s first "smart city" in Busan by 2024, where the infrastructure facilities and massive data collection will be controlled and maintained by the internet of things sensors, according to the Yonhap News Agency, on 24 November. President Moon Jae-in attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the Busan Eco Delta Smart City, along with several ASEAN leader...
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Bentley Systems to Host Infrastructure Leaders at the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference in Singapore
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure will host its Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference and awards ceremony at one of the most iconic buildings in Asia, the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. Advancing BIM thr...
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Singaporean start-up to use blockchain technology to build smart city in Phnom Penh
Singaporean start-up Limestone Network plans to use blockchain technology to build a smart city in Phnom Penh, as part of its ambition to build a smart city ecosystem network for real estate and infrastructure development across Southeast Asia. Using a blockchain technology- a digital record of transactions network that has no central authority - the network will cover up to 10,000 business ten...
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ARB Berhad to Provide US$100 Million in Iot and It Services for “The City Gate”
Photo by Electronic Design Malaysian-based information technology and software solutions firm ARB Berhad is to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) and information technology (IT) services to the ‘The City Gate’ commercial complex along the Tonle Sap river following an agreement with the project developer. ARBIOT Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of ARB Berhad, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China...
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Phnom Penh Moving Toward Being Smart City, Say Experts
While the term ‘smart city’ became trendy in response to an increasingly crowded world, experts from across different fields sat down on 25 June to assess how Phnom Penh has adopted the concept and discuss possible future plans. Under the theme 'Smart Cities: The Future of Urban Development', the event was co-organised by international real estate agent CBRE Cambodia, investment and tax advisor...
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Cambodia Agrees in Principle to Japanese Smart Cities Network
Sample photo by freepik.com The Cambodian government has approved in principle the Japanese Smart Cities Network initiative, according a letter by the Council of Ministers released on 11 March 2019. In a letter sent to H.E Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Council of Ministers wrote “the Royal Government agrees...
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Japan Aiming to Help Cambodia Solve Urban Environmental Problems
Approximately 58 Japanese companies from various segments of the construction and real estate sector have met with Cambodian partners to seek investment opportunities in infrastructure and urbanisation to help Cambodia solve its urban environmental problems. The initiative was announced at the 1st Meeting of Public-Private Platform for “Urban Development, Cambodia-Japan” held on 27 February 201...
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What Does Digital City Mean for City Management?
Credit to wrld3d.com https://youtu.be/6QU61AnMobo Climate change, population growth, and technological advances are partly contributing to changes in the landscape of city management to be more efficient. Meanwhile, the term Digital City is now becoming popular across the globe, but what does Digital City mean? Construction& Property Magazine recently met with a representative of worl...
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