VN-Northern Delta Transport Dev operates in Vietnam.
The Northern Delta Transport Development Project for Vietnam development objective is to enhance the efficiency, environmental sustainability, and safety of transport infrastructure and services, through the alleviation of physical and institutional bottlenecks, in two major waterway corridors in the Northern Delta Region. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is multimodal transport corridor investments in the Northern Delta Region consisting of: (i) dredging, bend corrections, shoal regulation and aids to navigation in the inland waterway corridors between Viet Tri and Quang Ninh and between Hanoi and the Ninh Co River estuary; (ii) an access channel bypassing the mouth of the Ninh Co River estuary and a canal connecting the Day and Ninh Co Rivers; (iii) new facilities at Viet Tri and Ninh Phuc river Ports; and (iv) a pilot maintenance contract. The second component of the project is investments in ferry boat stages. This subcomponent will include physical improvements to 15-30 pilot ferry boat stages. Access to these ferries from the road is often dangerous and has resulted in accidents and fatalities. In conjunction with the physical improvements, the Project will support the implementation and operationalization of a framework of standards for the design and operation of the different size ferry boat stages under its institutional support component. The framework will be developed under Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Project (MDTIDP). The third component of the project is institutional support to ministry of transport (MOT), Vietnam inland waterway administration (VIWA) and the provinces. This component consists of three subcomponents: institutional support to VIWA; training; and project audit services.
