USTDA Helps Modernize Transit Systems and Power Grids in Vietnam
September 18, 2014
(USTDA)
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Today, U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director
Leocadia I. Zak signed two grants with the Agency's partners in Vietnam to
support efforts to modernize the country's infrastructure. These activities
build upon USTDA's history of connecting its Vietnamese partners to U.S.
industry experts who can help them upgrade transit systems and expand access to
power.
USTDA provided a grant to the Management Authority for Urban Railways to
establish an integrated telecommunications control center for the metro rail
system under development in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Cisco Systems, Inc. (San
Jose, CA) has been engaged to conduct a feasibility study and develop a plan for
the acquisition and implementation of information and communications
technologies for the control center for HCMC's metro rail system.
In line with the Transport Plan for HCMC 2020, this activity will help the
government of HCMC to design, construct, implement and operate eight metro
lines, along with tramways and monorail systems. These efforts will assist HCMC
– Vietnam's largest city, with a fast-growing population of currently more than
7.3 million residents – in meeting the demands of its rapid urbanization.
USTDA also finalized an agreement with the Electricity Regulatory Authority of
Vietnam for an automated demand response (ADR) feasibility study and pilot
project. Honeywell (Morris Township, NJ), a leading supplier of smart grid
technologies and services, will carry out the project in an effort to
demonstrate how Vietnam's regional power corporations can provide more
affordable, reliable means of electricity distribution.
The integration of ADR solutions into Vietnam's grid would enable utility
providers to decrease peak demand by working with customers to either reduce or
shift electricity consumption. If fully implemented across the five regional
power corporations, wide-scale adoption of these technologies could save 300
megawatts in the national grid in Vietnam, where electricity generation capacity
is expected to more than double by 2025.
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