Friday, January 15, 2021, 11:10 GMT+7
A specialist at the Integrated Operations Center of Thua Thien-Hue Province in Vietnam monitors traffic via live surveillance cameras. Photo: Thai Binh / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in a province in Vietnam are hoping to enlist help from military-run tech giant Viettel in building a social media platform.
Hue-S – Thua Thien-Hue Province’s mobile app for real-time reporting of social issues – is to be transformed into such a platform.
The transformation plan was announced by Nguyen Xuan Son, director of Thua Thien-Hue’s Department of Information and Communications, on Wednesday.
The announcement followed a meeting between Viettel Group and the Thue Thien-Hue People’s Committee in which it was suggested that Hue-S be elevated to a dedicated social media platform to connect citizens, businesses, and authorities while fostering the province’s smart city applications and improving the quality of public services.