The Intelligent Operation Centre (IOC) at the first phase was officially put into operation in Da Nang on Monday.

Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang (standing), Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee cum Chairman of the People's Council Luong Nguyen Minh Triet (second, left), Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Le Trung Chinh (first left), Chairman of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee in Da Nang Ngo Xuan Thang (first right), and Deputy General Director of Viettel Group Nguyen Thanh Nam (second, right) attended the ceremony.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh highly lauded relevant units for completing the Da Nang IOC project. He also stressed that the opening of the centre was an important highlight and a big step in the process of implementing digital transformation and building Da Nang into a smart city.

The opening of the centre demonstrates the city leaders' highest commitment and determination in boosting digital transformation and building a smart city, he added.

City leaders cut the ribbon to inaugurate the center

According to the municipal Department of Information and Communications, the IOC is an important component identified in the overall smart city architecture of Da Nang and the ICT reference framework for smart city development of the Ministry of Information and Communications. The formation of the IOC will contribute to promoting digital transformation and building Da Nang into a smart city.

Unlike many localities nationwide, Da Nang built the IOC by inheriting existing digital data, and being equipped with centralised analysis tools (municipal-level IOC), Also, districts, departments and branches (or operating centers - OCs) are authorised to share information and data, and provide warnings to direct and operate according to the urban government model.

Municipal People’s Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh speaking at the event

Specifically, the IOC is responsible for collecting and synthesising information and data sources in all fields for analysis and display, thereby helping leaders at all levels have the ability to monitor, administer, make decisions and manage the quality of services provided by the city as a whole.

At the same time, it provides early detection and warning of problems and unusual events related to the operation of the city, hereby supporting the city’s Centralised Command Center to deal with emergency situations, natural disasters, pandemics and others.

District-level OCs, and specialised OCs, are monitoring and management units according to the geographical area of the district or professional and specialised fields.

Leaders of the city and departments, agencies and sectors visit the IOC

Depending on the functions and tasks of State management, OCs are decentralised to receive information and data that are analysed and shared by the municipal-level IOC for monitoring and administration.

The IOC at the first phase has 15 service groups including functional groups for monitoring and administration, and the others for analysis and warning.

The operation of the IOC is expected to contribute to building Da Nang into a friendlier and smarter city in the coming time.

Reporting by THANH LAN, VAN HOANG - Translating by M.DUNG