Vietnam can master high-speed railway technology!

To avoid "cutting a plow in the middle of the road" with high-speed railways, it is necessary to analyze and evaluate comprehensively, scientifically , methodically and crucially "the bottleneck" from technology!

Vietnam can master technology!

The North-South high-speed railway project with a total investment of about 67.34 billion USD is considered the largest public investment project in the country's history, playing an important role, having a long-term strategic nature, deeply and widely affecting all aspects of the country's socio -economic development and having a very large scale, requiring complex technical technology, being implemented for the first time in Vietnam. However, the problem is that to successfully implement this super project, all levels and sectors must have fundamental solutions to solve a series of difficult problems.

In particular, the choice of technology for the project is extremely important. The project must use the most advanced technology that can be easily upgraded to avoid the situation where the technology is outdated upon completion.

So how can Vietnam master technology?

The North-South high-speed railway project has a total investment of about 67.34 billion USD. Illustrative photo

In order to join hands and unite with the common goal of realizing the dream of having breakfast in Hanoi and lunch in Ho Chi Minh City on the 350km/h railway, many large enterprises in the industry have joined in. Assessing the prospects of participating in the project, Mr. Nguyen Quang Huy - General Director of Deo Ca Group - said that, in addition to the great opportunities brought by the high-speed railway project, there will be many challenges in technology and engineering.

Providing solutions, Mr. Huy said that in terms of technology, Deo Ca Group has conducted business trips to China, Japan and Europe to visit, research and invite international units to cooperate. In addition, the Group is also proactively seeking digital transformation solutions, while aiming to participate in the production of locomotives and carriages to increase the localization rate according to the Government's strategy.

“ We have strengths in human resources and finance, and are researching and learning about international units with experience and reputation in railway technology to cooperate, aiming to localize production activities to serve the high-speed railway project ” - General Director of Deo Ca Group shared.

In reality, the lack and weakness of technology and engineering are major barriers in the implementation of high-speed railway projects. And many concerns arise that in the future, if the North-South high-speed railway project continues to bid to select foreign suppliers, not only will the capital risk increase, at the same time, the time for completion is unknown and, more dangerously, will depend forever on foreign suppliers.

Giving his opinion on this issue, Director of the Hanoi Department of Transport Nguyen Phi Thuong said that Vietnam is lacking a common technical standards system for the railway network. Accordingly, technology transfer has so far only stopped at training for operation, while most of the operating equipment is imported from abroad, not produced domestically. " In case of replacement, we have to depend on foreign manufacturers, which is very difficult, " Mr. Thuong stated.

Transfer and mastery of high-speed railway technology

The problem of mastering technology will be the key factor and looking from the world's experience, it can be seen that Japan, France, Germany, Italy are the countries that have developed and completely mastered high-speed rail technology. Meanwhile, China, South Korea, Spain are all countries that have received technology transfer and are moving towards mastering the technology.

For example, China does not choose a specific country to provide technology but buys all railway technology from many countries such as Japan, Germany, France, Canada and develops its own technology.

To receive, master and develop technology, China mobilizes a huge human resource force of up to 25 universities, 11 research institutes and 51 technical research centers (about 68 academicians, 500 professors and more than 10 thousand engineers).

After that, China developed its own train types such as CR400AF, CRH380. Although it imported many types of technology, China aimed to use distributed power trains. The operating speed has many ranges, 200km/h, 250km/h and 350km/h. Mainly, high-speed railway lines were invested to operate exclusively for passenger trains.

This reality clearly shows that Vietnamese contractors are facing a rare opportunity when participating in the high-speed railway project - the largest project ever. However, to overcome the challenges, it requires not only the efforts of each enterprise, but also the consensus of participating units, along with the attention and support from the management agency. This is also an opportunity to enhance the capacity and position of Vietnamese enterprises on the international map.

Recently, at the third meeting of the Steering Committee for the construction and implementation of the North-South high-speed railway investment project, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that the North-South high-speed railway project is large-scale, stretching from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, requiring high and modern technology and techniques, and the implementation progress is very urgent.

In which, it is necessary to develop a plan, detailed schedule of procedures, main tasks to be performed and an overall plan to exploit and operate the project to ensure scientific, comprehensive, synchronous and feasible. At the same time, it is necessary to closely follow the objectives and requirements of the Resolution to determine the implementation method, specific tasks and responsibilities of ministries, branches and localities to deploy the specific and special mechanisms approved by the National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha assigned the Ministry of Transport to identify a list of railway industrial goods and services to be assigned, ordered, researched, and selected domestic enterprises with experience and capacity to coordinate and transfer technology, gradually increasing the localization rate (construction and installation, signal information systems, etc.). Appropriate contractor selection mechanism (bidding, designated bidding or contractor selection in special cases). And especially, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized, do not "cut a plow in the middle of the road" when building high-speed railways.

After receiving the consensus of the Central Executive Committee, the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis is being reported by the Government to the National Assembly for approval of investment policy at the 8th Session.

According to the proposed plan, the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis has a total main line length of about 1,541km. Along the entire route, it is proposed to arrange 23 passenger stations and 5 freight stations, meeting the function of transporting passengers, meeting the dual-use requirements for national defense and security, and being able to transport goods when necessary.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/viet-nam-co-the-lam-chu-cong-nghe-ve-duong-sat-toc-do-cao-371033.html