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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Policies and Measures to Create Efficient and Low-Carbon Transport in Urban
Areas: Case Study in Hochiminh City
Topic number:06 Paper Identification number: AYRF2019-012
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Vu Trong TICH , An Minh NGOC
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University of Transport and Communications, Vietnam
Telephone 0-84-0-24-3766-3311, Fax. 0-84-0-24-3766-9613
E-mail: vttich@utc.edu.vn or anminhngoc@utc.edu.vn
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Abstract
The transport sector is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases and other pollutants that cause
climate change. There is therefore a pressing need for change in the form of policies and actions that seek
sustainable development by decreasing the environmental consequences and other negative externalities of
transport systems. Any proposed solutions should be comprehensive and encompass the transport framework
and the operation of individual modes of transport, fostering low-carbon transport that furthers sustainable
development in urban areas in Vietnam. This paper looks at the current state of transport development in
Hochiminh City and propose the way to create efficient and low-carbon transport on it.

Keywords: Urban transport, policy, climate smart city

1. Introduction vehicles. The high growth of motorization also
Many low-carbon transport strategies can created many other negative impacts, such as low air
help to achieve the sustainable urban objectives. quality, accidents and fatalities, where in 2015, 9%
These include developing public transport, of the traffic accidents involved children (NTSC,
organizing traffic management, vehicle control, 2015).
vehicle emission control and managing fuel quality. With private vehicle trips makes the
However, a number of barriers affect the optimal majority of the people’s trip in HCMC, it is clear that
exploitation of these potentials. Based on a case a policy to reduce private vehicle is needed,
study from Hochiminh City (HCMC), the paper aims complemented with the provision of high-quality
to provide guidance for possible policies and public transport service and good access to public
measures that can be implemented to create efficient transport.
and low-carbon transport in urban areas. The study provides the analysis of the
Located in southeast Vietnam, HCMC current mobility condition and plan made by the
consists of 24 districts and 259 wards with a total government to improve the mobility in HCMC. It
area of 2,095.39 km2. In 2017, the average also shows a range of possible policies and measures
population of HCMC has reached over 8.64 million, that can be implemented to create low-carbon
where 80.9% lives in the urban area (Statistical transport, and the recommended action plan and
Yearboook of Hochiminh City, 2017). Representing roadmap to achieve the goal of climate smart city for
9% of the total population of Vietnam, it is the most HCMC.
populous and dense province in the country,
followed by Hanoi with a total population of 7.4 2. Methodology
million (Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam, 2017). In order to achieve the main objective of this
Over the past 10 years, the population growth rates paper, a specific methodology was applied (Fig. 1).
range from 1-1.3% annually (Statistical Yearboook
of Hochiminh City, 2017). Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Lately, transport is becoming one of the Current Scenario Policy

major sources of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Literature status design suggest
in HCMC, where 16.68% of the GHG emissions in
2013 came from road transport sector (JICA, 2013), Fig. 1 Methodology
as a result of gasoline and diesel combustion

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