The Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS) and the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute (AVPI) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding on digital transformation, energy transition, green economy, and super city governance using technology.

This is a milestone in the two institutes’ cooperation, a follow-up to a Ho Chi Minh City delegation’s visit to Australia in May this year.

The two institutes will jointly conduct projects to study, exchange experience, and transfer technology in the aforementioned sectors.

HIDS and AVPI will collaborate closely to study and provide consulting on economic, cultural, social, and urban management policies; as well as research and offer advice about economic models, investment, digital economy, cybersecurity, and hi-tech agriculture with the support RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the same day, they held a seminar on digital transformation, super city management, digital economy models, and a state apparatus scale-down.

Speaking at the seminar, Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu, head of the HIDS, shared that Ho Chi Minh City had drastically studied solutions for slimming down its apparatus.

To successfully do the job, the city needs to improve the quality of public services in which digital technology is vital.

With over 10 million people, Ho Chi Minh City is forced to boost digital transformation.

The city has prioritized building a digital administration, economy, and society. Implementing solutions to promote these areas will streamline operations and enhance the efficiency of public services, Vu stated.

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