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The workshop will present an overview of urban public transport with emphasis on planning, operations, and management. It provides a fundamental understanding of Public Transport concepts, planning, operations, management and contracting, financing and institutional/organizational arrangements. Participants from Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, the Ministries from the Government of Vietnam, and representatives from the City of Cebu (the Philippines), and donors attended the event. The audience includes senior policy and senior and mid-level program/operating officers from all levels of government (national, state, provincial, municipal) and the private sector. The course is presented through a series of lectures, facilitated discussions, and case studies. It includes sessions devoted to strategic planning, alternatives analysis, public transport reform and contracting, institutional arrangements for urban transport, public transport market characteristics and demand forecasting, … [Read more...] about Workshop to improve public transport planning operations and management in Vietnam
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New economic and cultural constructions of Quang Nam province to be inaugurated and started work
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On the occasion of 40th anniversary of provincial liberation (24th March), the central province Quang Nam held groundbreaking ceremonies and inaugurated some economic and cultural constructions. In the morning of 23rd March, the Chu Lai Open economic Zone Mannaging Board (Chu Lai OEZMB) organised the groundbreaking ceremony for the infrastructure construction and the main road of the Tam Thang Industrial Zone (Tam Thang IZ). The project covers an area of 15 hectares (and can be enlarged up to 700 hectares). The Ministry of Planning and Investment and Quang Nam provincial authority have also agreed to invest 425 billion VND (about 20.1 million USD) into Tam Thang IZ from 2016 to 2020 for building the resettlement areas, infrastructure, houses for workers and a cemetery. To create a comprehensive connection, the Chu Lai OEZMB has to build a 5.8km mainroad linking the Tam Thang IZ and National Highway 1A at the total cost of over 230 billion VND (nearly 1,2 million USD). The Panko … [Read more...] about New economic and cultural constructions of Quang Nam province to be inaugurated and started work
$10.8b plan to boost infrastructure
$10.8b plan to boost infrastructure (28-06-2008) An aerial view of Thanh Cong apartments in Ha Noi. Thanh Cong is one of the most run-down parts of the city. Under the Government's national urban development scheme it will have its infrastructure upgraded. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet HA NOI — The Ministry of Construction has asked the Government for more than VND174 trillion (US$10.8 billion) to upgrade the infrastructure in 95 urban areas. Minister of Construction Nguyen Hong Quan said increasing urbanisation and migration from the countryside to the cities was overstretching existing public services,leading to reduced living standards and pollution of the environment. Under the ministry's proposals, Quan said infrastructure and facilities in low income areas (LIA)'s would be upgraded by 2020. Meanwhile, the United Nations Population Fund predicts Viet Nam's population will reach 104 million by 2020, with 40 per cent living in urban areas. Quan said UN figures … [Read more...] about $10.8b plan to boost infrastructure
Domestic firms eye merger and acquisition strategies
Domestic firms eye M&A strategies (21-01-2009) A Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications technical worker checks its switchboard at Tinh Phong Industrial Zone in Quang Ngai Province. This year is expected to have some important developments leading to major deals in telecom sector. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Long HCM CITY — Interest in mergers and acquisitions remained high in Viet Nam last year, with successful domestic companies increasingly being open to deal-making as they pursue expansion strategies, a report says. Companies struggling to cope with the changing economic environment were more open to discussions regarding the sale of equity stakes to domestic and foreign suitors. The number of deals between Vietnamese companies doubled in comparison to 2007, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers review. Strong interest in deal-making unfortunately did not translate to growth in all measures of M&A activity, the review said. While the number of announced … [Read more...] about Domestic firms eye merger and acquisition strategies
Potential Investors Reluctant to Build Transport Infrastructure
Ho Chi Minh City needs investors to build more roads and bridges but the massive compensation bill, the paltry and slow return on investment, and the risks inherent in such projects scare them off. Even so, the city is still hoping to attract investment capital of VND40 trillion (US$2.5 billion) by 2010 to improve its transport infrastructure, particularly roads to ease the worsening traffic congestion. Big outlay, many risks One of the city's major infrastructure projects of late is the construction of Phu My Bridge, which is being done in the build-operate-transfer (BOT) form. At one stage, the VND2-trillion project looked like it would go belly up because of a lack of funds. Only a last-minute loan from the HCMC Investment and Development Fund saved the day. Another thing is that the initial budget was VND1.8 trillion, but was later raised to VND2 trillion because of technical alterations and higher metal prices. The project is on an even keel now and Vietnam's largest … [Read more...] about Potential Investors Reluctant to Build Transport Infrastructure