Vietnam is one of the most notable emerging markets with abundant
growth potential among developing countries in Southeast Asia. In
recent years, Vietnam has been promoting expansion projects of
large-scale transportation infrastructure, including roads, railroads,
and airports, such as the “North-South Expressway”, “North-South
Highway”, and “Long Thanh International Airport”.
KOTI has been conducting various transportation and logistics projects
with Vietnam. We requested the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and
Transport(MOLIT) to help us provide a cooperation center that serves
as a hub for transportation infrastructure with Vietnam. Accordingly,
in March 2018, the Korea-Vietnam Transportation Infrastructure
Cooperation Center(VKTrans) has established in Hanoi, Vietnam. For the
past three years, VKTrans has played a key role as a transportation
infrastructure platform that spreads information and supports the
policy. We have supported the government policies in Vietnam such as
PPP and the road act revision, promoted various international seminars
for private companies, and promoted Knowledge Sharing and Capacity
Building Programs to share our experiences.
VKTrans was established to promote cooperation between Korea and
Vietnam. It is meant to serve as an online knowledge-sharing platform
that can be easily accessed by government policy officers, experts,
and the private sector. VKTrans is expected to play a major role as a
network platform that helps cooperation between Vietnam and Korea, by
helping Vietnam's transportation infrastructure development, providing
rapid and systematic support to the government and private sectors
aiming to make a foray into Vietnam.
Thank you.
Apr. 2021
President of the Korea Transport Institute
Jaehak Oh