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Project on Strengthening Management Ability of Operation and Maintenance Company for the opening of Urban Railway Line 1 in Ho Chi Minh City (hereinafter referred to as "the Project") had planned to conduct training in Japan in FY2022, but since the entry into Japan was still severely restricted during the preparation stage due to the global spread of the COVID-19, it was difficult to conduct the training in Japan. So, the Project conducted training in the third country, Jakarta, Indonesia from 19th October to 27th October 2022 which has the experience to start their urban railway operation in 2019 supported by Japan.

Fourteen (14) participants in total, eight (8) from Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Company (HURC1) and six (6) from The Management Authority of Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City (MAUR), took part in the training.

During the training, with the cooperation of MRT Jakarta, the operator of the Jakarta Urban Rapid Transit (MRT North-South Line), and other companies, the participants inspected MRT North-South Line facilities and experienced maintenance work at night.

In addition, the Vietnam side provided the Indonesia side with an overview of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Line 1, and the Japan side provided an overview of Tokyo Metro's training facilities, making the training mutually meaningful to the three (3) parties.

MRT Jakarta was very proactive in conducting the training, with Operation and Maintenance Director Effendi attending the opening ceremony of the training program and posting updates about the program on Instagram.

The implementation of this third country training program has allowed MRT Jakarta and HURC1/MAUR to build a new friendly relationship. With the help of the country that JICA had cooperated with earlier, we were able to realize the development of supporting the capacity building of urban railway in the third country.

JICA will continue to support the opening of Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Line 1 through this project. At the same time, we hope to continue to contribute to networking among the countries we have worked with until now.

Training at MRT Jakarta

Training Completion Ceremony