At the workshop (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Urban railways are an effective means of transport that will helpcut greenhouse gas emissions in Hanoi and HCM City, which have both experiencedserious air pollution in recent years, according to a survey by the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The survey was conducted from February 2019 to September 2020 regarding Hanoi’smetro lines No 1 and No 2 and HCM City’s metro line No 1, which are being builtusing Japanese ODA, and was released at a workshop in Hanoi on October 23.
JICA experts estimate that Hanoi’s metro lines have the potential to lowercarbon emissions by more than 94,000 tonnes per year, while the southern hub’sline may contribute a 56,877-tonne reduction each year.
JICA Chief Representative Murooka Naomichi said he hopes the survey will helpraise public awareness about the importance of metro lines in major cities likeHanoi and HCM City.
Along with satisfying local people’s travel demand, metro lines also contributeto realising Vietnam’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 9 percentby 2030 compared to the Business-As-Usual Scenario under the updated NationallyDetermined Contribution (NDC), which was recently submitted to the UN FrameworkConvention on Climate Change, he said.
At the workshop,Director of the Ministry of Transport’s Department of Environment Tran AnhDuong spoke highly of JICA’s support, adding the survey will be used tocomplete the transport sector’s measurement system.
According to a recent interview, 81 percent of people living along HCM City’smetro line No 1 and 66 percent of those along Hanoi’s metro line No.1 said theyare willing to change from their usual means of transport and take the train./.
VNA
