The 2009 Viet Transport seminar with the theme “Connecting Vietnam to Asia” took place on Dec. 9 in Hanoi.
On addressing the seminar, Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieuspoke of the event’s significance as it creates an opportunity forVietnamese policy makers and management agencies to meet internationalexperts and investors to exchange views and experiences and make newcontacts to help the country develop its transport infrastructure.
Anthony Pearce, Honorary Director General of the International RoadFederation, applauded Vietnam for its economic growth as well as theimprovement in its transport infrastructure. He pledged to assistVietnam to upgrade its transport infrastructure to meet the country’sincreasing demand for socio-economic development.
Following on from the success of the 2008 Viet Traffic seminar, thisyear’s event focused on the country’s road and railway infrastructure,with two exhibitions, Viet Road and Viet Rail, held on the sidelines ofthe seminar.
Topics for discussion included opportunities for investing in the roadsand railways sectors and models of joint public-private partnership.
Statistics released at the event showed that Vietnam plans to build 20more expressways with a total length of 5,800km from now till 2020.
The Viet Transport seminar, which coincided with the 15th ASEANTransport Ministers’ Meeting and the 28th ASEAN Senior TransportOfficials’ Meeting from Dec. 7-11 in Hanoi, was one of the highlightsof Vietnam Transport Week./.
On addressing the seminar, Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieuspoke of the event’s significance as it creates an opportunity forVietnamese policy makers and management agencies to meet internationalexperts and investors to exchange views and experiences and make newcontacts to help the country develop its transport infrastructure.
Anthony Pearce, Honorary Director General of the International RoadFederation, applauded Vietnam for its economic growth as well as theimprovement in its transport infrastructure. He pledged to assistVietnam to upgrade its transport infrastructure to meet the country’sincreasing demand for socio-economic development.
Following on from the success of the 2008 Viet Traffic seminar, thisyear’s event focused on the country’s road and railway infrastructure,with two exhibitions, Viet Road and Viet Rail, held on the sidelines ofthe seminar.
Topics for discussion included opportunities for investing in the roadsand railways sectors and models of joint public-private partnership.
Statistics released at the event showed that Vietnam plans to build 20more expressways with a total length of 5,800km from now till 2020.
The Viet Transport seminar, which coincided with the 15th ASEANTransport Ministers’ Meeting and the 28th ASEAN Senior TransportOfficials’ Meeting from Dec. 7-11 in Hanoi, was one of the highlightsof Vietnam Transport Week./.
