Vietnam Cities 2050 Smart Sustainable

September 2025. Professor Nguyen Quang Trung RMIT Vietnam Asia Pacific Smart and Sustainable Cities Hub. Vietnam at pivotal moment. By end 2024 many localities established smart city initiatives, operational centres for transport, healthcare, digital education. As of end 2023, 2,200 e-services via National Public Service Portal. By 2050 cities flexible sustainable data-governed. Digital twins allow real-time planning, automated public transport, renewable energy dense urban zones. Immediate priorities: 5G networks, data centres, broadband access, human capital development