International Seminar for commemorating 4th Anniversary of Vietnam-Korea Transportation Infrastructure Center (VKTrans)
Overview
The seminar was held at University of Transport and Communications in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 4th, 2022.
Korea Transport Institute(KOTI) and University of Transport and Communications(UTC) co-hosted this event on the topic of Green & Digital Infrastructure Development in Transportation.
77 specialists from transport-related organizations participated in it. 13 people, including KOTI President JaeHak OH, Land Infrastructure and Transport Attache YuIn KIM, and *KOICA Country Director HanDeog CHO are from Korea. The other 64 people, such as Vice Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan, UTC Rector Nguyen Ngoc Long are from Vietnam.
Korean participant organizations are the **MOLIT, KOTI, Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government, Studio Galilei Co., Ltd., Embassy of the ROK in Vietnam, KOICA, and ***KIND. Vietnamese participant organizations are the ****MOT, UTC, Hanoi Metro, *****UTT, ******VIDIFI, *******VASS, and ********TDSI.
Group Photo of Key Participants
It aims to share the experience and strategies for Developing Transportation Infrastructure and the 4th Industrial Revolution in the field of transportation. In addition, it aims at contributing to national policies making for future agendas of environmentally friendly transportation and new technologies.
*KOICA: Korea International Cooperation Agency
**MOLIT: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
***KIND: Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation
****MOT: Ministry of Transport
*****UTT: University of Transport Technology
******VIDIFI: Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company
*******VASS: Vietnam Academy Of Social Sciences********TDSI: Transport Development and Strategy Institute
********TDSI: Transport Development and Strategy Institute
Main contents
It is divided into 2 big sessions: the plenary session and group session. The plenary session consists of the opening remarks, welcoming remarks, congratulatory remarks 1&2, keynote speech, and etc. The group session includes the small session 1&2, closing remarks, and each small session comprises 4 presentations. The main seminar programs are as follows.
Ⅰ. Plenary Session
Opening Remarks
- JaeHak OH | KOTI President
Welcoming Remarks
- Nguyen Ngoc Long | UTC Rector
Congratulatory Remarks 1
- Le Anh Tuan | Vice Minister of Transport
Congratulatory Remarks 2
- YuIn KIM | Land Infrastructure and Transport Attache
Keynote Speech
- JaeHak OH | KOTI President
Ⅱ. Group Session
Session 1
- (Presentation1) “Experience of improving the exploitation efficiency of Metropolitan system of Hanoi” Vu Hong Truong | Hanoi Metro President & General Director
- (Presentation2) “Transport Decarbonization in Korea” ChoongYeol YE | KOTI Chief Research Officer
- (Presentation3) “Impacts of Transport Policies on Green Transport Development” An Minh Ngoc | UTC Senior Transport Specialist
- (Presentation4) “CFI2030 JEJU & Smart Digital Island Challenge” HyeongSeok YOON | Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government Director-General
Session 2
- (Presentation1) “Korea’s Strategy for Promoting Smart Mobility in Smart City” TaeHyung KIM | KOTI Director
- (Presentation2) “Impacts of Digitalisation on Travel Behaviour in Hanoi City Centre” Truong Thi My Thanh | UTT Head of Department
- (Presentation3) “DRT, Future of Public Transportation: Test Run of Demand Responsive Transport in Kwa-Chon City in Korea” JinDong KANG | Studio Galilei Co., Ltd Vice President
- (Presentation4) “Urban transportation network management with MaaS : future solution for MDCs” Le Thu Huyen | UTC Director
Closing Remarks
- Nguyen Ngoc Long | UTC Rector
Specific Contents
The plenary session began with the opening remarks by KOTI’s President JaeHak OH. Then, UTC Rector Nguyen Ngoc Long’s welcoming remarks, Vice Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan’s and Land Infrastructure and Transport Attache YuIn KIM’s congratulatory remarks were delivered. They all emphasized the importance of cooperation between Vietnam and Korea. Right after congratulatory remarks, President OH gave the keynote speech about the topic of the “Future of Mobility; Automation, Decarbonization and Sharing”. He especially focused on human-centered transportation in the speech. After it is finished, the group session began.
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[Keynote Speech by KOTI President JaeHak OH]
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[Future of Mobility: Automation, Decarbonization and Sharing]
The group session was conducted with presentations, discussions, and the Q&A. It consists of the small session 1 and 2. Each small session includes 4 presentations, so there were 8 presentations in total.
The main theme of the session 1 is “Green Infrastructure Development in Transportation”. 4 Presentations about it were made. The topics of each presentation are as follows.
- 1) “Experience of improving the exploitation efficiency of Metropolitan system of Hanoi”
- 2) “Transport Decarbonization in Korea”
- 3) “Impacts of Transport Policies on Green Transport Development”
- 4) “CFI2030 JEJU & Smart Digital Island Challenge”
- 1) “Experience of improving the exploitation efficiency of Metropolitan system of Hanoi”
The 1st presenter; President Vu Hong Truong claimed 7 things in the presentation. 7 things are as follows.
- ① It is import to study the need, the routine of passenger
- ② It is necessary to provide the accessibility for passengers to metropolitan
- ③ To build the appropriate fee for ticket, to provide many payment methods for the passenger
- ④ To improve the connectivity of public transport system
- ⑤ Exploiting commercial potential, enhancing the attractiveness of metropolitan to tourists
- ⑥ To establish the polite culture and routine of using the metropolitan system of the passenger as well as the culture of the service from the beginning
- ⑦ It is necessary to consider the media, broadcasting activities
- 2) “Transport Decarbonization in Korea”
- Dr. ChoongYeol YE, the 2nd speaker insisted that
- ① Korea needs to strengthen its public- and rail-centered transport system by forming carbon neutral transition ecology,
- ② Developing countries need to establish public transport system prior to transition of ICE vehicles,
- ③ Recycling of phasing-out used cars is essential.
- 3) “Impacts of Transport Policies on Green Transport Development”
- Dr. An Minh Ngoc, the 3rd presenter explained about
- ① the influence of transportation on the environment,
- ② national·urban policies for environmentally friendly transportation.
- 4) “CFI2030 JEJU & Smart Digital Island Challenge”
- Director-General HyeongSeok YOON, the last speaker in the session 1 introduced
- ① traffic data infrastructure,
- ② support projects for autonomous driving in Jeju island.
The main theme of the session 2 is “Digital Infrastructure Development in Transportation”. 4 Presentations about it were made in this session. The topics of each presentation are as follows.
- 1) “Korea’s Strategy for Promoting Smart Mobility in Smart City”
- 2) “Impacts of Digitalisation on Travel Behaviour in Hanoi City Centre”
- 3) “DRT, Future of Public Transportation: Test Run of Demand Responsive Transport in Kwa-Chon City in Korea”
- 4) “Urban transportation network management with MaaS : future solution for MDCs”
- 1) “Korea’s Strategy for Promoting Smart Mobility in Smart City”
- Dr, TaeHyung KIM gave the 1st presentation in the session 2. In his presentation, information about
- ① sharing mobility,
- ② automated mobility,
- ③ integrated mobility,
- ④ Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) service,
- ⑤ smart signal control & pedestrian crossing, and
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⑥ mobility platform
- 2) “Impacts of Digitalisation on Travel Behaviour in Hanoi City Centre”
- Dr. Truong Thi My Thanh, the 2nd presenter forecast that traditional taxis could keep losing competitiveness compared to technology-based services and passengers would put priorities on information access, reservation, and payment.
- 3) “DRT, Future of Public Transportation: Test Run of Demand Responsive Transport in Kwa-Chon City in Korea”
- Vice President Jindong KANG, the 3rd speaker enumerated the advantages of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT). For instance, DRT can reduce waiting time 70% and bus mileage 34% and transportation cost 13%.
- 4) “Urban transportation network management with MaaS : future solution for MDCs”
- The last speaker; Dr. Le Thu Huyen argued that Hanoi is too dependent on motorcycles so it had caused a variety of problems such as traffic accidents, congestion, and air pollution. Therefore, she asserted that MaaS (Mobility as a Service) system should be supported and developed.
At the end, Rector Nguyen Ngoc Long showed his gratitude to all participants, and the seminar was completely finished.
Technical Visit
The technical visit was followed by the seminar. President JaeHak OH, Senior Research Fellow SangMin Lee, ChoongYeol YE, TaeHyung KIM, Researcher YongHo JIN (KOTI), and Vice President JinDong KANG (Studio Galilei Co., Ltd) visited VIDIFI, which manages Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway infrastructure. It had been planned to seek the direction of cooperation·development about the expressway.
It connects Hanoi, the Capital of Vietnam, and Haiphong, the port city of Vietnam. It has 6 lanes and measures 105.5km in length. There is a minimum speed limit of 60km/h and maximum speed limit of 120km/h. Korean corporations like GS E&C, Namkwang Engineering & Construction, and Keangnam Enterprises had participated in the construction, so Korean technology had been applied to some extent. Actually, Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway tollgates look considerably similar to them in Korea.
Hanoi-Haiphong Expressway Tollgate
The CMO(Central Management Office) system of VIDIFI had been constructed by SK Inc. C&C. Traffic volume predicted based on the system was approximately equal to actual traffic volume. Additionally, the number of accidents on the expressway decreased since it is capable of monitoring CCTV cameras around the expressway.
In this meeting, Nguyen Huy Thiem, the Vice Manager of Technique at VIDIFI expressed his hope for Korean technical support. KOTI President JaeHak OH recommended legislating about the establishment of an organization like the “Center for Private Highway Studies”, under KOTI, in Vietnam.
