​Perspectives on creating an intelligent community in Binh Duong

Experts and speakers at the Thematic session included: Mr. John Jung - Co-founder of ICF; Mr. Peter Portheine - Director, Eindhoven International Project Office (Netherlands); Mr. Nguyen Viet Long - Director of Binh Duong Science and Technology Department; Mr. Nguyen Trong Luat - CEO, Cicor Viet Nam. They shared perspectives on the process of creating an intelligent community in Binh Duong.

 Overview of the Thematic session "Binh Duong - Intelligent community"

Speaker John Jung - Co-founder of ICF said: "This is the second time I have come to Viet Nam, and I am very impressed by the development of Binh Duong. Binh Duong truly deserves the TOP1 ICF award from the Intelligent Community Forum. ICF selects the intelligent community very transparently and clearly based on a survey of criteria. Indeed, the leaders of Binh Duong province have a specific vision and goals for smart city development. This is a good time for Binh Duong to announce this result to the world community and start creating a good future for the locality."

Mr. John Jung - Co-founder of ICF shares content related to Binh Duong Smart City

Talking about ICF's acceleration strategy suitable for Binh Duong, according to Mr. Peter, ICF's strategy uses measurement tools so each locality must know what it has done and achieved. When sharing experiences with Binh Duong in building a smart city, Dutch experts mentioned issues that need to determine Binh Duong's development goals such as infrastructure, human resources, etc. and the need to take advantage of what is already available. According to Mr. Peter, receiving the award is not a destination but the beginning of Binh Duong. The province is still taking steps and setting important goals.

According to Dr. Nguyen Viet Long on implementing the "Triple Helix" model in building Binh Duong smart city. Previously, when Binh Duong first began to develop industry, it did an incredibly good job of linking the government and enterprises. However, when the industry shifts to production based on modern technology, the province identifies another subject in the smart city construction model, which is universities and experts. This is the best model to move towards a knowledge-based, high-tech economy and Binh Duong determines this is the right path for the development trend.

Dr. Nguyen Viet Long - Director of the Department of Science and Technology mentions the ""Triple Helix" model in building Binh Duong's smart city

Build an industry 4.0 ecosystem

From the perspective of enterprises investing in Binh Duong, Mr. Nguyen Trong Luat - CEO, Cicor Viet Nam shared: "Circo has been present in Binh Duong for 24 years. We have just built our fourth factory in Binh Duong with an area of 12,000 m². Over the past time, we transferred technology from Switzerland to Viet Nam. Our customers are increasingly demanding products, so we are also forced to focus on improving and bringing modern technology to production in Viet Nam.

In the coming time, Circo Viet Nam will not only produce according to available designs from Switzerland, but we will research modern technologies into production right in Binh Duong. Circo specializes in manufacturing in the field of electricity and electronics, so we invest in smart production, we bring robots into production, and focus on recruiting talents by coordinating with Vietnamese-German University to train high quality human resources.

He said that Binh Duong has achieved many achievements in building a smart city, the government has many directions and creates conditions for enterprises to transfer modern technology into production. Their activities have received great support from the Binh Duong provincial government. The proof is that the process of building the fourth factory in Binh Duong is very convenient and quick in terms of investment procedures. "From construction to inauguration of the factory is very quick, especially the issuance of construction permit, even in Germany there is no such quick support. The local government has provided a very active support." - Mr. Nguyen Trong Luat shared.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Luat - CEO, Cicor Viet Nam said that the Binh Duong provincial government has made breakthrough steps in building an investment environment

Assessing Binh Duong's innovation and human resources, Mr. Peter Portheine - Director, Eindhoven International Project Office (Netherlands) said that Binh Duong currently needs to pay more attention to developing human resources. To do this, Binh Duong needs to open more training schools according to international standards. He took evidence from Shanghai city (China) to serve investors, the city has built many international schools to meet the learning needs of children of experts who come to live, work and study, creating an ecosystem not only includes the adult community, but also creates an international learning environment for children. This is also a community-oriented goal for long-term development of high-quality human resources. The "Triple Helix" link requires consultations from three parties to share short-term and long-term future forecasts on human resources. At the same time, it is also necessary to understand the needs and scale of enterprises to train quality human resources to meet the needs of enterprises in the current industry 4.0 trend.

Mr. Peter Porttheine - Director, Eindhoven International Project Office (Netherlands) shares about training high quality human resources of Binh Duong

Besides, according to the speakers, the transformation of the industrial development model, from industry - urban - service to industry - urban - smart, ecological service, includes: Upgrading existing industrial parks, such as building new green, smart industrial parks, with the ability to provide 4.0 technology platforms such as IoT, Big Data, etc. helping investors easily deploy smart factory models, smart production quickly and effectively, contributing to increasing labor productivity within the province, etc. From there, the province moves towards developing industrial - urban - service zones associated with science and technology to attract institutions and universities, research and development and innovation activities, service industries, digital services, to attract and advance to higher segments in the industrial value chain. This is considered a comprehensive ecosystem development model serving the development of industrial parks, a difference, creating the best added value for investors and people throughout the region.

Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the PPC said that Binh Duong aimed to convert traditional industrial parks to a smart-ecological industrial park model. The province's new generation industrial parks such as Viet Nam - Singapore Industrial Park 3, Science and Technology Industrial Park, etc. will bring a comprehensive ecosystem for technology and knowledge-intensive activities. These industrial parks are expected to play a key role in converting current industrial parks into smart industrial parks, gradually helping Binh Duong have a solid foundation in science, master and create new production tools based on science and technology, prepare to take on new challenges and opportunities in the digital era, the era of industry 4.0.