The event was co-organised by the Ministry of Transport and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

At the seminar, Deputy Minister of Transport Ngo Thinh Duc said that an ITS system is the application of hi-tech electronics, informatics, and telecommunications to control a transport system. The addition of ITS to the road network would play an important role in management and operation of the transport system, especially the highway system.

In Vietnam, in the 2008-2010 period, the Ministry of Transport has co-ordinated with the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Science and Technology to implement the ITS on the Ho Chi Minh-Trung Luong highway system as well as the OBU (On-Board Unit) system – an electronic toll collection system at Can Tho bridge station.

According to a representative from a JICA research team, the ITS project in Vietnam should be carried out in three stages with the first from 2010 to 2015, the second from 2015 to 2020 and the third from 2020 to 2030.

The project aims to reduce traffic accidents, congestion, environmental pollution, and transport costs in Vietnam.