Riyadh, Safar 29, 1439, November 18, 2017, SPA -- The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed a MOU with Siemens aiming to boost digital industrial transformation in the Kingdom to come in line with the Kingdom's vision 2030 in the presence of Minister of Commuicationsand information technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawaha and Germany's ambassador to the Kingdom Dieter W. Haller. Dr. Mohammed Al-Mishaigeh, undersecretary of the ministry for planning and development, and Dr. Roland Bush, technological president of Siemens each signed on behalf of his party. The MOU covers smart cities, health care, mining, petrochemicals, digital shipyard building, and mechatronics engineering to help the Kingdom reach the objectives of its vision 2030. For his part, Bush said Siemens is working with the Kingdom to achieve a more diversified and competitive digital economy, including promoting the local skills in the field of automization and digitalization. --SPA 09:08 LOCAL TIME 06:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w539823