Officials of the central city of Da Nang held a working session with executives of telecom group FPT on September 29 to outline plans for bilateral cooperation in the time ahead.

Standing Vice Secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee
Nguyen Van Quang speaks at the meeting (Photo: danang.gov.vn)

FPT Director General Nguyen Van Khoa proposed that the group can send experts to help Da Nang in upgrading its electronic government architecture and advise the city in building a digital government.

The group is also willing to assist the city in drafting a plan on the application of information technology for 2021-2025 with orientations to 2030.

At the same time, FPT hopes to work together with Da Nang in deploying such services as building a platform integrating all data-sharing services, perfecting shared databases, implementing digital health care and smart hospitals, setting up a smart traffic centre, and realizing online education and testing.

Standing Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang affirmed the city’s policy on facilitating investment projects by IT groups in the city.

The two sides agreed to start a pilot project on assisting with digital transformation by the administration of Ngu Hanh Son district, which houses a FPT-invested urban area.