The VNTT Company and NTT Việt Nam Corporation signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 24 to build a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong. — VNS Photo Van Chau

The Viet Nam Technology & Telecommunication Joint Stock Company (VNTT) and NTT Viet Nam Corporation, a subsidiary of Japanese NTT, signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to build a smart city in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Under the MoU, NTT Viet Nam will collaborate with VNTT, founded in 2008 as a subsidiary of Becamex IDC, to provide information technology and telecommunications services to customers in industrial parks and urban areas.

The tie-up will also include human resource training, technology transfer and implementation of measures to enhance the quality of services.

The two sides will conduct research for feasibility studies to install public wi-fi in Binh Duong New City and other areas, and to develop a second data centre in the province.

Tran Thanh Liem, chairman of the province’s People’s Committee, said that Becamex IDC and NTT would be reliable partners in developing the smart city. The province has so far attracted more than US$34 billion in foreign direct investment projects, ranking second only to HCM City. —VNS