(VOVWORLD) - The central city of Da Nang has been granted the Best Vietnam Smart City Award 2023 for the fourth consecutive time.
 Dragon Bridge spanning the Han River is a symbol of the central city of Da Nang. |
The city has also won three specialized award categories - Smart Operations and Management City for Infrastructure and Public Service; Smart, Green Environmental Management City; and Attractive City for Startups and Innovation.
The results were recently announced by Dr. Nguyen Quan, the former Minister of Science and Technology, who was the jury board.
Initially launched by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA), the awards aims to promote digital transformation, the application of information technology, as well as the building of smart cities across the country, along with honoring achievements of cities, urban areas, industrial parks, and technological solutions.
The awards ceremony is expected to take place on November 31 in Hanoi.
Recently Da Nang was also awarded the Seoul Smart City Prize in the category of the Human Centricity bronze at the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, for member cities of the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO).