Source: Siemens
(CPV) –
Siemens continues to be the major sponsor of Greenbiz event, which takes place in Hanoi on September 19-20.
At this event, the green infrastructure giant presents its green portfolio to assist big cities in Vietnam like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to address challenges in the areas of buildings, lighting, power supply, healthcare, water and security, and especially in transportation.
Urbanization is taking place rapidly on the global basis. In 2007, for the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population are living in urban areas and this trend will further continue so that almost 70 percent of the world’s population will reside in cities by 2050.
Today, in Vietnam 34% of the population is now living in cities, and this figure is expected to soar up to 45% by 2020 and to 60% by 2030. With an urbanization growth rate of 3.4% per annum, every year more than 1 million Vietnamese are moving into a city.
Increasing populations in cities present on the one hand enormous challenges to urban infrastructures, such as water supply, healthcare, energy, building, and in particular urban transportation. On the other hand, the environment, such as air quality, and the quality of life in cities can be highly impacted as consequences.
At GreenBiz 2013, Siemens presents green solutions from its leading environmental portfolio in the sectors Energy, Healthcare, Industry and Infrastructure and Cities showcasing its competence to develop resilient and sustainable cities.
In his presentation, Siemens Vietnam President and CEO Dr. Thai-Lai Pham focuses on presenting Siemens specific answers for urban transportation problems in Vietnam, especially for densely populated and highly congested cities like Hanoi and HCMC.
“Increasing populations in cities require efficient mobility solutions in order to bring people in an effective way from A to B. Transportation systems need to be built, extended and optimized. A combination of public mass transportation system, such as metro lines, environmental friendly buses, such as electric or hybrid buses, and intelligent traffic management system are keys to resolve this dilemma. This is where Siemens comes in: our Complete Mobility approach can create efficient solutions by interlinking different transportation systems. It is also an effective and economical way to transport people and goods both safely and with minimal harm to the environment. And, our Intelligent Traffic Management System can significantly help to reduce congestions in big cities in the world and in Vietnam”, said Dr. Lai./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
