Railway transport is one of the earliest industries and plays an important role in our country's economy . The birth and development of the Vietnam Railway industry is closely linked to the colonial exploitation process of the French colonialists and the process of fighting, protecting, building and developing the country. In which, it focuses on mobilizing resources to invest in railway transport, building a medium-term and annual state budget allocation plan to prioritize investment and maintenance of railway infrastructure, ensuring a reasonable proportion of state capital structure for investment in railway infrastructure development to achieve the goals, especially the goal of implementing high-speed railway investment on the North-South axis. Prioritize the arrangement of capital sources to increase revenue and save expenditure to invest in railway infrastructure. Develop cooperation plans with foreign donors to mobilize preferential loans, issue domestic and international bonds to invest in national railway and urban railway projects.
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At the same time, call on economic sectors to participate in railway business, transport support services; participate in investment and business of means of transport, works supporting transport activities, warehouses, yards, loading and unloading vehicles. Build a foundation to develop the railway industry in a synchronous and modern direction with other industries; joint venture contracts and partnerships with foreign contractors and investors must have a commitment to transfer technology so that domestic enterprises can gradually become self-sufficient in maintenance and production of some types of vehicles, materials and equipment in the railway sector.
Developing railway human resources, including building a cooperation plan with countries to train railway human resources abroad using state budget funds for the period 2024 - 2030, starting from 2024. Gradually developing digital human resources in the railway industry with digital skills to meet new requirements such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data, system architecture, software engineering, interface design and user experience, network information security, building and implementing projects on organizational models, management and exploitation of national railway infrastructure.
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In particular, promote socialization, equitization, and divestment in the transport business and railway transport support services; strengthen joint ventures and partnerships with domestic and foreign enterprises and research institutes to conduct applied research and transfer of technology in construction and maintenance of works; build, repair, and maintain high-speed railways and urban railways. Implement orders for research topics on the application of science and technology on railways. Include conditions for technology transfer in contracts of railway investment projects.
Strengthening and expanding international cooperation in multilateral frameworks such as the International Union of Railways (UIC), the International Association of Railways (OSJD), the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the Intergovernmental Organization for the International Transport of Goods by Rail (OTIF)...; integrating, promoting and introducing the railway sector in external communication and information activities and expanding international cooperation on railways in ASEAN and other countries, especially countries with developed railways, to study, research, transfer technology, experience in development, management, construction, operation and exploitation of railway transport systems.
In particular, promote the implementation of railway transport infrastructure connection projects between Vietnam and other countries. Accelerate the implementation of signed agreements and agreements. Continue to implement the amendment of the Vietnam-China Border Railway Agreement; maintain and develop international railway transport between Vietnam and China and transit through China to countries in the OSJD bloc and Europe, increase the quota of Vietnamese goods transiting by Chinese railway to third countries. Develop coordination regulations between ministries, branches and localities in investment, industrial development, human resource development, ensuring order and safety of railway transport.
Deploy review and announce the opening of new international transit stations or open international transit stations on the basis of existing national railway stations to meet the demand for international freight transport by rail. Strengthen inspection and supervision by state management agencies; promote the role of people, enterprises, socio-political organizations, and communities in law enforcement; meet the requirements of socio-economic development; ensure national defense, security, social security, traffic order and safety; ensure the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, organizations, and related individuals; prevent corruption, waste, and negativity; and prevent complicated problems. Refer to the experience of some countries in the world that have developed and are developing high-speed railways; establish a Steering Committee to develop and implement the Project on investment policies for the construction of high-speed railways on the North-South axis and important national railway projects./.
Dan Hung
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