[The 11th UTokyoIPL-CUTI Special Seminar]
1) Time and day: 10:00am-11:30 am (Japan Standard Time), April 25 (Thursday), 2024
2) Place: Seminar room of International Project Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, UTokyo (3rd floor of Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus, UTokyo) and Zoom meeting room
3) Presentation
Title: Review on the development of transport infrastructure in Vietnam in past 30 years
Abstract: Transport infrastructure in Vietnam has been drastically improved, including road and expressway, deep seaports, and major airports, while national railway has been left behind and the development of urban railway in major cities is much slower than expected. During the past 30 years, GDP per capital of Vietnam has grown from 200 USD to over 4,000 USD. This presentation first reviews the development stages of transport infrastructure in Vietnam, together with the country’s development policies at each development stage, and then introduces recent discussion about a development plan for High-speed Railway in Vietnam.
4) Short bio of presenter
Dr. Phan Le BINH has started to work at Oriental Consultants Global (OCG) Co. Ltd. as the Deputy General Manager of OCG Hanoi Office from April 2024. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 2003. For nearly 20 years, he worked for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), being responsible for many ODA projects in the field of transport and urban development in Asian developing countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and Pakistan. He used to be also dispatched from JICA to Vietnam Japan University as a lecturer to teach transportation planning for five years.
5) Charge: free
6) Language: English only