Residents, tourists and ex-pats living in Da Nang are being encouraged to offer their ideas and suggestions for developing the locality into a ‘smart city’.

A public switchboard of Da Nang opens for feedback from the community on proposals for the development of the city. — Photo courtesy Da Nang Portal

 Municipal Information and Communications Department Deputy Director Tran Thach said local residents can visit the page http://egov.danang.gov.vn/gop-y or switchboard 02361022 to submit their plans or solutions for a smart city design.

The Department will collect and select possible ideas and plans to organise a dialogue between the city leaders and outstanding youths on the feasibility of projects by late this month.

Many ideas from locals and tourists posted on the page had been either turned into reality or planned for the coming years, including a double-decker bus route for tourists, a flower road in the Son Tra Mountain, international kite competition on beach, digitalisation of items at public museums, adventurous entertainment services, and the decoration of manhole covers with colourful paintings.

The http://egov.danang.gov.vn/gop-y was launched in 2016 in order to get feedback on the city's services from the local community in urban, environmental, administrative and tourism-related services.

The page had already received 600 opinions and complaints from local residents and tourists, of which 98% were resolved within 7 days.

Da Nang plans to make it a ‘smart city’ by 2020 and a ‘green city’ in 2025.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)