HCM City to get TMC

A traffic centre aimed at dealing with traffic congestion will be set up in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City. The project will involve the construction of a traffic control centre to manage buses, the traffic light system and the installation of traffic equipment at over 1,000 crossroads. The project, which will cost an estimated US$187 million, will be carried out in three phases between 2012 and 2017.
June 19, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A traffic centre aimed at dealing with traffic congestion will be set up in Vietnam’s Ho  Chi Minh (HCM) City. 

The project will involve the construction of a traffic control centre to manage buses, the traffic light system and the installation of traffic equipment at over 1,000 crossroads. The project, which will cost an estimated US$187 million, will be carried out in three phases between 2012 and 2017.

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