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| Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo Trân, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, speaks on the occasion. — VNA/VNS Photo |
HCM CITY — HCM City is working to construct a complete unmanned aerial car ecosystem to assist develop the low-altitude economy by leveraging its strengths in science and know-how and innovation, in accordance to its Department of Science and Technology.
The low-altitude economy refers to financial actions carried out in airspace under 1,000 metres, involving UAVs, small plane, and helicopters, along with supporting management methods and air site visitors administration infrastructure.
It is extensively considered an rising sector able to producing new providers, industries and enterprise fashions throughout the economy.
Speaking at a know-how demonstration and networking occasion on Thursday, Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo Trân, the division’s deputy director, mentioned the worth of UAVs lies of their capability to handle sensible challenges confronted by companies, governments, and residents.
They might play an essential function in land administration, environmental monitoring, development administration, catastrophe prevention, search and rescue operations, and the development of contemporary governance fashions based mostly on spatial digital knowledge, she mentioned.
These sensible functions are more and more driving the expansion of the low-altitude economy in Việt Nam, she mentioned.
“HCM City has the potential to become the country’s leading hub for UAV development and the low-altitude economy.”
As Việt Nam’s largest centre for science and know-how, innovation, and digital transformation, the town is dwelling to a longtime ecosystem of know-how corporations, analysis institutes, universities, and innovation help organisations, she identified.
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| UAV applied sciences and options are showcased on the occasion. — VNS Photo Xuân Hương |
Following the enlargement of its development house, HCM City now combines strengths in city development, trade and providers with high-tech agricultural zones, numerous ecosystems and different geographical circumstances.
“This offers a super surroundings for researching, testing and evaluating UAV functions throughout a variety of sectors,” Trân added.
Recognising the industry’s potential, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee has issued Directive No. 10, while the People’s Committee rolled out Plan No. 200 on the development of the low-altitude economy through 2030.
The documents outline key directions for promoting research, pilot projects, and the adoption of new technologies, with UAVs identified as a priority.
This year marks an important milestone, with HCM City launching a regulatory sandbox for UAV-based delivery services, Trân said.
In February, the city successfully conducted a cross-sea UAV delivery from Cần Giờ to Vũng Tàu.
Việt Nam’s first unmanned postal delivery over the sea made HCM City the first in Southeast Asia to trial a UAV-based over-sea delivery model.
Trân added that UAVs could support smart logistics operations by shortening delivery times, reducing pressure on road transport networks, promoting green logistics, and unlocking the potential of low-altitude airspace.
Associate Professor Ngô Khánh Hiếu of the HCM City University of Technology said Việt Nam enjoys favourable conditions for developing its UAV ecosystem and low-altitude economy.
In recent years, the Government has introduced a series of policies that have laid the foundation for the sector.
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| UAV applied sciences and options are showcased on the occasion. — VNS Photo Xuân Hương |
In addition, the Ministry of Education and Training has inspired technical universities to develop UAV-related tutorial programmes to meet a rising demand for expert personnel.
According to Hiếu, the Government can be encouraging enterprises to grasp core applied sciences, set up testing zones and flight corridors for analysis actions, and prioritise UAV initiatives that handle main nationwide challenges, together with catastrophe response, infrastructure inspection, and good agriculture.
But Việt Nam’s UAV ecosystem is fragmented.
Many enterprises proceed to function independently, and an built-in worth chain spanning analysis, manufacturing and commercialisation has but to emerge.
Infrastructure supporting the low-altitude economy additionally stays underdeveloped.
Flight operation centres, take-off and touchdown services, and concrete airspace administration methods are nonetheless of their nascent levels and require substantial funding and coordinated planning.
Another main problem is the scarcity of expert human assets.
Demand for UAV functions is rising quickly throughout a number of industries, however the provide of engineers, operators, and know-how options stays restricted.
Hiếu mentioned UAVs needs to be considered as enabling instruments within the low-altitude economy moderately than merely as know-how merchandise.
Businesses ought to deal with fixing sensible issues and creating worth for purchasers moderately than competing solely on {hardware} specs, he warned.
He additionally known as for the introduction of a regulatory sandbox mechanism for UAVs in HCM City, alongside stronger collaboration amongst authorities companies, analysis establishments, and companies in areas corresponding to core know-how development, security certification, and commercialisation.
At the occasion, corporations showcased a spread of next-generation UAV options, together with autonomous drone monitoring methods, drones built-in with comfortable robotics, good manufacturing unit administration platforms combining IoT and unmanned applied sciences, 3D-printing functions for UAV manufacturing, and superior digicam payload applied sciences designed to improve city governance and clever safety monitoring. — VNS