More than 1,400 billion VND invested in the National Intelligent Traffic System Management Center

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Vietnam Road Administration has just reported to the Ministry of Construction proposing an investment policy for the project to build an intelligent traffic system management center with a total investment of more than 1,400 billion VND from the state budget. The project will be implemented in the period of 2026 - 2028.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is identified as the “key” to promoting efficiency in the management, operation and exploitation of highways.

According to the Vietnam Road Administration, the country has put into operation 2,268 km of expressways, striving for 3,000 km by 2025 and 5,000 km by 2030.

The Government has set a target of having 100% of expressways installed with ITS systems by 2025; forming integrated centers for smart urban traffic management and operation; and a non-stop electronic toll collection system (ETC) at toll stations.

The Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction ) is directing investors, first of all the North-South Expressway project in the East phase 2017-2020 and the phase 2021-2025, to invest in a synchronous ITS system. The Ministry of Construction also requested the People's Committees of provinces and cities to invest in building ITS systems on horizontal expressways.

Lack of inter-line connection

Assessing the current ITS system, according to the Vietnam Road Administration, although the intelligent traffic management and operation system has been installed on a number of expressways, it lacks inter-route connectivity and there is no national agency to integrate data to optimize operations.

The Traffic Control Centers (TMCs) only serve individual routes, the technology is not yet synchronized, there is not enough artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), collaborative intelligent transportation systems (C-ITS), layered data (Big Data) and the data is not standardized and analyzed centrally.

The above limitations reduce the ability to forecast, regulate traffic flows, handle inter-regional incidents, optimize infrastructure and support strategic decision making. At the same time, electronic traffic payment data, infrastructure data and ITS data are stored in many independent, unconnected systems. The lack of a centralized data platform leads to information duplication and reduces the efficiency of data exploitation.

Vietnam Road Administration believes that in order to synchronize the system, maximize data exploitation for state management, support businesses and people, Vietnam needs to learn from the experiences of countries such as Korea and China with a 2-level management model - national and urban, with centralized data infrastructure.

ITS equipment cluster on the route using solar energy on the Cam Lam - Vinh Hao expressway

It is necessary to build an intelligent traffic system management center.

Affirming that the development of an intelligent traffic system management center is necessary, the Vietnam Road Administration said that in the first phase, the center will focus on the expressway system. The focus will be on managing and operating traffic on expressways, implementing a building information system (BIM), and connecting with intelligent traffic management systems in major cities and other roads.

In terms of scale, the Department of Roads proposes to build an intelligent traffic system management center that integrates data from highways, national highways and local road networks.

The system will leverage the ITS Core platform, integrating data from surveillance cameras (CCTV), traffic and speed measuring devices (VDS), electronic toll collection data (ETC), vehicle weight management (WIM), along with information on incidents, congestion, accidents and real-time road conditions.

Not only managing, the Center will support coordination and emergency response when incidents, natural disasters or special events occur. In particular, Big Data and AI will be applied to analyze traffic behavior, predict accidents, congestion, optimize operations and coordinate vehicles between routes, including in the public transport system.

In parallel, the Center will provide smart traffic service applications for traffic participants through the Electronic Information Portal and mobile applications. The system will develop a virtual traffic assistant, capable of answering questions about laws, directions, providing registration information, driver training, rest stop locations or charging stations for electric vehicles.

The National Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Management Center will be built with the goal of improving the overall management and monitoring efficiency of the entire highway system nationwide. From a centralized data platform, the Center can plan and issue 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.

The Vietnam Road Administration plans to set up a separate area at the Center for reporters to update traffic information. At the same time, the Administration also aims to build a specialized television channel to provide real-time information to drivers and traffic participants.

This model is learned and inherited from the experience of developed countries such as Korea and Japan - where there is a national ITS operation center as the focal point, connected to the local operation system to ensure the ability to monitor continuously and coordinate across lines.

Not only is it synchronously connected to the entire domestic ITS system, the Center also directly connects with the traffic command centers of the Ministry of Public Security , to improve the efficiency of data analysis and quick response in emergency situations.

As a place to handle traffic problems at the national level, the Center will regularly apply and update modern technologies such as Big Data and artificial intelligence. In addition to importing some equipment, the Vietnam Road Administration prioritizes the application of domestic technology and software, ensuring proactiveness when customizing, upgrading or maintaining the system.

The total project investment is expected to be 1,458 billion VND from the State budget in the medium-term investment plan for the period 2026 - 2030.

Phan Trang

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/hon-1400-ty-dong-dau-tu-trung-tam-quan-ly-he-thong-giao-thong-thong-minh-toan-quoc-102250830200257304.htm