The Ho Chi Minh City-trung Luong highway connecting the city and the Mekong Delta province of Long An has become the first in Vietnam to be controlled by an intelligent transport system (ITS), says the Vietnam News Agency.
The was implemented between April 2013 and December 2014 and was officially launched on 20 March, with a total investment of US$38.5 million, funded by preferential loans of the Republic of Korean Government and the Vietnamese Government budget.
The system includes a smart control and management centre located in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh district and traffic monitoring devices installed along the highway.
The transport ministry has invested in ITS for highways and major roads with the aim of reducing traffic congestion; it plans to implement the model for the HCM City-Trung Luong route in other regions.
Vietnam is also piloting an RFID electronic toll collection (ETC) system at three locations in central Vietnam before it can be applied nationwide to 35 toll collection stations on National Highway 1 from the central province of Thanh Hoa to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and other stations on National Highway 14 that runs through the Central Highlands region.
Vehicle owners will be granted an E-tag card free of charge, along with a toll payment account, enabling the toll to be collected automatically.
The transport ministry says the new system will improve on the traditional system, currently used and estimates that it will save around US$159.4 million a year.
The was implemented between April 2013 and December 2014 and was officially launched on 20 March, with a total investment of US$38.5 million, funded by preferential loans of the Republic of Korean Government and the Vietnamese Government budget.
The system includes a smart control and management centre located in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh district and traffic monitoring devices installed along the highway.
The transport ministry has invested in ITS for highways and major roads with the aim of reducing traffic congestion; it plans to implement the model for the HCM City-Trung Luong route in other regions.
Vietnam is also piloting an RFID electronic toll collection (ETC) system at three locations in central Vietnam before it can be applied nationwide to 35 toll collection stations on National Highway 1 from the central province of Thanh Hoa to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and other stations on National Highway 14 that runs through the Central Highlands region.
Vehicle owners will be granted an E-tag card free of charge, along with a toll payment account, enabling the toll to be collected automatically.
The transport ministry says the new system will improve on the traditional system, currently used and estimates that it will save around US$159.4 million a year.
