Smart city solutions can be home-grownLocal Vietnamese tech companies “are fully capable of” providing the core components of a smart city, said Le Ngoc Tuan, head of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) division in one of the leading IT companies in the country, FPT. In the “smart city” future, a system of sensors and actuators would automatically handle the management of traffic signals based on current demands, without the need for human intervention. “Most importantly, the ultimate purpose of any smart initiative, including a smart city, is to improve quality of life,” he added. Still, ‘smart city’ remains a fairly vague concept with no rigid definition. A 10-component smart city was proposed which would include smart energy, smart mobility, smart community, smart environment, smart education, smart manufacturing, smart aerospace city, smart innovation, smart economy and smart governance where every component would be interlinked in a harmonious manner.