JOINT SURVEY AND MEETINGON TECHNOLOGYCAL MARKET IN VIETNAM
FORENHANCEMENTOF ROAD AND TRANSPORT FUNCTION
15-17 FEBRUARY/2011
From 15th to 17th February, NILIM and ITST (Institute of Transport Science andTechnology, Ministry of Transport, Vietnam) held successfully JOINT SURVEY AND
MEETING ON TECHNOLOGYCAL MARKET in Vietnam( at Ha Noi, Da Nang andHo Chi Minh) together with sister organization of PWRI(Public Works ResearchInstitute, Japan) members. At the meeting, both sides jointly made presentations anddiscussions in the technological field of road and transport to enhance the function inVietnam, its being on a basis of Joint Workshop in September 2010 in Hanoi. Theseactions were delivered in line with theMoC signed by Director General of ITSTand Director General of NILIM in May
2010.
As the conclusions of this meeting,both sides agreed to make up the Research
Road Maps for the themes below toaccelerate the cooperation in order toachieve the concrete resolution for thesocial welfare and the growth in economy,
which will direct the next actions incoming 3 or 4 years ahead;
1) Road Noise in Vietnam
2) Porous Pavement and Steel bridge deck Pavement in Vietnam(including: water proof layer, cohesive layer and pavement)3) Construction and Maintenance Method of Tunnel in Vietnam
4) Technology Transfer of Port and Harbor Facilities Rehabilitation and Maintenance
Each of the Road Maps showed here briefly as APPENXDIXES.
And regarding the Vision of 4 modern Laboratories planned by ITST, theWeathering and Exposure Test cooperation proposed from Japanese side to research thedurability of materials was received with welcome by Vietnam side. In the field of ITS
both sides recognized the necessity of more understanding of future visions andconditions in Vietnam.
(International Research and Promotion Division)

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Note: All activities planned here will be conducted under the limitation of annual
budget of respective institutes. The Road Maps here are not the international agreement
but respective institutes will make efforts, together with related researchers andorganizations, to get useful technological achievements for road and transport policy.

1 Road Map for “Road Noise in Vietnam”
1) Period:
Four years from 2011 to 2014
2) Scope of Road Map
2011: Making investigation plan
2012: Investigation situation of road noise in Vietnam2013: F/S
2014: Making report

2-1 Road Map for “Technology Transfer of Porous Asphalt”
1) Period:
Three years from 2011 to 2013
2) Target of the year:
2011: Examination of pavement materials. Examination of Asphalt plant in Vietnam
Study tours in Japan
2012: Field test in Vietnam and evaluate their effectiveness including noise reduction.
Developing technical guideline for porous asphalt (Including performance basedspecification )2013: Jointly workshop in Vietnam

2-2 Road Map for “Guideline Development of Steel bridge deckPavement”
1) Period:
Three years from 2011 to 2013
2) Scope of Road Map
2011: Investigation of pavement distress (cracking, emergence) of Thang Long bridge in Vietnam.
Examination of pavement materials in Vietnam
Study tours in Japan
2012: Developing technical guideline for Steel bridge deck pavement (Including performancebased specification)
Field test of asphalt pavement (SMA, gussasphalt etc.) in Vietnam.
2013: Jointly workshop in Vietnam

3. Road Map for“Construction and Maintenance Method of Tunnel inVietnam”
1) Period:
Four years from 2011 to 2014:
2) Scope of Road Map
2011 to 2012: Mutual understanding about state-of-the-art of various tunnel situation andconstruction methods, deformation monitoring of lining structure in exploitation process
and maintenance technology
2013: Implementation of research relating to tunnel and underground structure
2014: Make-up the draft of technical guideline about tunnel

4. Road Map for “Technology Transfer of Port and Harbor Facilities
Rehabilitation and Maintenance”
1) Objective:
To transfer technology of port and harbor facility rehabilitation and maintenance from Japan toVietnam
2) Scope of Road Map
2011 to beginning of 2012 Mutual understanding about state-of-the-art of various port and harbor
facility situation and rehabilitation/maintenance methods
2012 Implementation of research relating to port and harbor facility rehabilitation by Vietnamside
2013 Make-up the draft of technical standard/guideline about port and harbor facility
rehabilitation and maintenance