From October 13 to October 15, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport will complete the pilot installation of QR codes on street name boards at 6 intersections in District 1, including: Le Thanh Ton - Dong Khoi, Le Thanh Ton - Pasteur, Ly Tu Trong - Pasteur, Ly Tu Trong - Dong Khoi, Nguyen Du - Dong Khoi and Le Duan - Cong Xa Paris.
Some central routes are equipped with QR codes.
The 8x8 cm QR code is located on the corner of the nameplate at a height of 2 m. Users can scan the code from a distance of 3-4 m. However, after the first day of experience at some intersections, many people reflected that the QR code should be made larger and placed lower.
After searching, the phone will receive an image file containing information about the history, location, length, road boundary, and biography of the famous person or introduction to the historical event named. This entire information system is provided by the Department of Culture - Sports to the Department of Transport to update into the management software.
Route information is sent to the phone after scanning the QR code.
Image showing the route after scanning the QR code.
The project is part of the city's new tourism development strategy with a vision to 2030. If successful, all routes in Ho Chi Minh City as well as other major cities will have QR codes to encourage people to learn about history and propose translation into several other languages as a way to promote national culture to tourists in the future.
