Cao Duc Phat, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economics Commission addresses the conference (Photo: Industry and Trade Newspaper)

Speaking at the conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, participants said the Internet of Things should be a revolution of policy and technology to promote production, digitalization and smart society building. Vietnam is fine-tuning its institutional mechanism to facilitate digital economy, renovation and new business models. Ho Chi Minh City is deploying its project to become a smart city with priority given to solutions tackling traffic congestion and air pollution.