Press Release

ASEAN-Japan Seminar on Environment Improvement in the Transport Sector in Hanoi, Vietnam

2013/11/22

The ASEAN-Japan Seminar on Environment Improvement in the Transport Sector in Hanoi, Vietnam was held as follows.
At the seminar, in order to implement environmental policy reliably and smoothly, Japan explained challenges and solutions for implementation of environment policies in the transport sector. Moreover, Japan presented cases in the air and maritime transport sectors.
Vietnam showed interest in the cases presented by Japan and expects to strengthen cooperation in the transport sector between Vietnam and Japan.

Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2013. 9:00 -16:00

Venue: Hotel Nikko Hanoi

Participants: Approximately 50 persons concerned with environmental policy in the transport sector including approximately 15 Japanese government officials and experts.
Vietnam: Mrs. Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation
Department, Ministry of Transport etc
Japan: Mr. Yoshitaka TOUI, Assistant Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan (MLIT-Japan)
Dr. Hironori KATO, Professor, University of Tokyo
Dr. Haruna SUZUKI, Associate Professor, Yamaguchi University
Consortium for Broad Use of Photocatalyst etc

The primary lecture:
1. Process Management at Implementation Stage in Transportation Projects: Two Case Reports from Japan
(Dr. Hironori KATO, Professor, University of Tokyo)
2. Current situations and Challenges for Environment Policies in Vietnam
(Environment Department of Ministry of Transport of Viet Nam)
3. Challenges of local cities toward Sustainable transport city: importance of tie &communication in operation phase
(Dr. Haruna SUZUKI, Associate Professor, Yamaguchi University)
4. Long-Term Transport Action Plan for Vietnam focusing on green house gas reduction
(Dr. Masanori GENNAI and Dr. Hiroyuki TAKESHITA, Institution for policy studies (ITPS))
5. Presentation: Technologies for Marine Environmental Protection -- Mega-Float and Eco-Ship
(Japan Maritime Bureau (MRB))
6. Technical Cooperation in the field of Air Transport – Eco Airport Initiatives
(Japan Civil Aviation Bureau(JCAB))

Contact Information

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism International Policy Division, Policy Bureau Suzuki, Ikeda
TEL 03-5253-8111 (Extension 25904,25907) Direct Phone 03-5253-8319 FAX 03-5353-1561

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