Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING

2.2 Ongoing and Committed Projects
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Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study (VITRANSS)
Technical Report No. 8
Shipping and Ports
The JICA Coastal Shipping Study (1997) proposed priority project packages
(refer to Table 2.2.1). As of November 1999, the implementation progress was
checked as follows:
1) Nine key coastal shipping ports
Eight ports except Dong Nai were or are being rehabilitated and improved by
either domestic or official development assistance (ODA) fund.
2) Five sea-cum-river ways serving selected ports
Minimum rehabilitation works have been done by domestic effort. The Lach
Giang-Hanoi route was investigated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
consultant. The Hai Phong access channel is being investigated by a Japan
Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) consultant.
3) Safety equipment
The Spanish government committed to rehabilitate and build part of the visual
ATN. No arrangement was done to deploy SAR fleet on Vietnamese waters.
4) Fleet development and modernization
The coastal shipping fleet has been expanded to meet increasing traffic
demand. But some are temporarily diverted from overseas shipping. No
financial institution has been established to support domestic ship acquisition.
5) Sea communications system
In compliance with the GMDSS, an investment of US$ 18 million was made to
acquire land facilities and sea communications equipment mostly for northern
Vietnam. However, southern Vietnam should be covered as well.
6) Maritime human resource development
VIMARU Hai Phong installed new training equipment in compliance with
STCW-95. But it is not enough to train and retrain all Vietnamese seafarers.
So far, Vietnam Maritime Registry (VMR) has not improved its testing
equipment.