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In the heart of Vietnam’s southeastern Binh Duong Province is a brand new city in development. Binh Duong Smart City is being created by collaboration among the Smart City Office, Becamex, the state agency overseeing the project, the academic and entrepreneurial sector and the Standing and the Peoples’ Committees of the government, working together to develop a modern, environmentally friendly city that will someday be home to one million Vietnamese. The new city already includes Eastern International University, a world-class academic institution, as well as six industrial parks. Binh Duong Smart City has worked tirelessly, assisted by ideas such as the “triple helix” collaboration method from ICF alumnus Eindhoven, the 2011 Intelligent Community of the Year, to transform a traditionally agrarian, low-population area into a core of Vietnam’s Southern Key Economic Zone.
Binh Duong Smart City is home to a growing number of Techlabs and Fablabs located in schools, universities and vocational colleges around the region. Binh Duong’s Techlabs focus on lighting, mechanical-electrical, robotics and intelligent systems, power electronics and data analytics. Eastern University also hosts the Becamex Fablab, offering workspace and equipment for 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting and laser engraving, as well as the region’s first business incubator. The university works with local businesses on curricula that equip students with the skills to work in the local economy.
Agriculture continues to be important to the region. The city’s projects include the extension of Wi-Fi connectivity to farmlands and training for local farmers on using it to research prices and learn the latest models for productive agriculture. Read more about
Recently, a $1.3 Billion dollar LEGO campus has begun to be built in Binh Duong’s new innovation-focused industrial park. The government cites the new strategy, especially it’s adoption of the triple helix approach and embodying the six ICF factors into their Navigator strategy since 2016 for turning around their region to become an effective innovation-focused area that can now compete globally to attract significant sustainable industries.
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