Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan addresses the conference on the smart city project in Vietnam’s largest economic hub. (Photo: Hoang Hai/VNA)

The project sets out 4 major goals: sustaining growth toward a knowledge-based, digital economy; effective governance on the basis of forecasts; improving the living and working environment; and enhancing public participation. HCM city’s Vice Major Tran Vinh Tuyen said that the smart city aims to create a comfortable, healthy and safe living environment with convenient public transport, good healthcare, clean water and environment and less crime.