Recently, the Department for Roads of Vietnam has reported to the Ministry of Construction on the investment proposal for the Project to build a National Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Management Center.
According to the Department for Roads of Vietnam, the goal of completing 3,000km of expressways by the end of 2025 and 5,000km of expressways by 2030 is a strategic step forward, contributing to forming the "backbone" of the national transport system, promoting socio-economic development, enhancing regional connectivity and reducing the load on the national expressway network.
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The intelligent traffic system on the Hanoi - Hai Phong expressways has more than 300 cameras, including 58 sets of cameras installed along the route with a viewing range of over 1km, and 12 installation locations that automatically analyze vehicle speed and traffic volume.
Along with speed of development is a big challenge in management, operation, utilization, and maintenance. Vietnam’s expressways have been constructed in multiple phases, resulting in diversity in scale, technology, and management models. To ensure safe and efficient operations, the Department for Roads of Vietnam has identified the need for a unified operations center that employs modern technology in accordance with international standards.
The ITS Center was built with the goal of improving the overall management and monitoring efficiency of the entire expressways system across the country. From a centralized data platform, the center can plan and give macro-level instructions such as developing plans to prevent and combat natural disasters and floods, or remotely regulating traffic, limiting the risk of local congestion...
Sharing at the International Experience Workshop on Expressway Management and Operation recently organized by the Department for Roads of Vietnam in collaboration with the Hanoi University of Construction, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hoai, Deputy Director of the Department for Roads of Vietnam, said: "The ITS system will be an important foundation for operating and exploiting the expressway network smarter, safer and more sustainably. The establishment of a national ITS Center is an inevitable requirement as transport infrastructure continues to expand rapidly."
Also at this workshop, Mr. Nguyen Tien Hong, Deputy Head of Traffic Management and Organization Division (Department for Roads of Vietnam) assessed the current status of traffic organization and expressway safety, based on actual data and compared with international standards; identified bottlenecks in traffic capacity, safety monitoring and emergency response, thereby determining factors limiting operational efficiency.
Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway Traffic Control Center.
On that basis, Hong proposed several strategic solutions, such as improving institutional frameworks; applying digital technologies; and developing a set of operational and safety performance indicators (KPI/CPI) as a foundation for intelligent and transparent management.
With the view that building an intelligent traffic management system and a big data platform is essential, Mr. Hong recommended promptly investing in and completing the ITS Center, integrating operational data, safety monitoring, emergency response, and performance auditing on a real-time platform.
Mr. Nguyen Tien Hong, Deputy Head of Traffic Management and Organization Division (Department for Roads of Vietnam).
This center needs to be interconnected with the ATMS (Advanced Traffic Management System) of expressways, the command system of the Ministry of Public Security and the National Traffic Safety Committee, forming an inter-regional safety monitoring network. Artificial intelligence should be applied to detect, forecast and provide early warning of traffic risks, towards the goal of "Zero Fatalities" (eliminating deaths from serious traffic accidents).
According to Mr. Hong, moving toward the establishment of a smart, safe, and sustainable expressway traffic management model, integrating science, management, and policy is the initial step in standardizing technical standards and digitally transforming the road sector, in line with the 2024 Road Law, Decree 165/2024/ND-CP, and Circular 41/2024/TT-BGTVT.
The goal is to enhance operational capacity and ensure the highest level of safety, aiming for "Zero Fatalities," in line with international practices and a sustainable development vision through 2050. At the same time, it reaffirms the determination to build a safe, smart, and sustainable transportation system, transitioning from manual management to data-driven governance, and from passive safety assurance to proactive prevention, thereby contributing to strengthening national competitiveness and improving the quality of life for the people.