HCM City to pilot ’smart urban area’All districts will be expected to develop a “smart urban area” plan by 2020, Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, HCM City People’s Committee vice chairman and head of the smart city management board, said on Friday. HCM City plans to become a smart urban area by 2020. The smart urban area project will be piloted in districts 1 and 12 and the Thủ Thiêm Urban Area in District 2. At a meeting on the smart urban project, Tuyến said all district authorities should develop plans that would easily link with other districts once project implementation begins throughout the entire city after the end of the pilot programme. This is the first time the city has created a specific roadmap for the smart urban project, with targets including sustainable development, improved quality of life, and more effective administration.