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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