The People’s Committee of Hue city in central Thua Thien-Hue province, and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on May 23 jointly kicked off a project to build Hue city of culture and smart tourism.
Visitors to Thuy Xuan village, Hue city. (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) –The People’s Committee of Hue city in central Thua Thien-Hue province, and the Korea InternationalCooperation Agency (KOICA) on May 23 jointly kicked off a project to build Hue city of culture and smart tourism.
The project, which is fundedby the Republic of Korea (RoK) Government, aims to build a smart tourism information system,develop an urban cultural tourism centre and expand walking zones inHue city in order to boost tourism in the former imperial capital.
It will also cover the installation of smart lighting and surveillance camera systems along the banks of Huong (Perfume) River and building public administration capacity in tourismdevelopment and urban management.
Speaking at the event, Korean ConsulGeneral in Da Nang Ahn Min-sik said that the project will provide technicalsolutions to accumulate tourism-related data and increase access to necessaryinformation for visitors, including improving the urban environment byinstalling smart lights, public Wifi network coverage and cultural integratedzones.
Nguyen Van Phuong, Chairmanof the provincial People's Committee, highlighted the significance of the project, sayingit does not only serve people’s lives but also enhances the quality of tourismservices which has become a spearhead economic sector of the province.
Thua Thien-Hue is moving towards a knowledge-basedeconomy an🅷d sustainable development with the goal of turning itself into acentrally-run city by 2025, he said./.
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Visitors to Thuy Xuan village, Hue city. (Photo: VNA) 
