On April 1, Tokyo Metro Corporation established a legal entity in Vietnam (Tokyo Metro Vietnam) to carry out consultations on Urban Railways and the opening of the office was held on the 7th. This is the first time that Tokyo Metro has established a legal entity abroad.
At the opening ceremony of the office, attended by Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam Kunio Umeda, Tokyo Metro Yoshimitsu Oku General Director, Takayama Advisors, and Mr. Nguyen Cao Minh, Mr. Vu Hong Truong, Chairman of Metro Hanoi and leaders expressed their expectation for the role of the company.
Vietnam Tokyo Metro will provide consultancy services on operational techniques and human resources for the urban railway system and expects to promote the export of Japan’s advanced infrastructure system from the software perspective. .
“Through the establishment of the company in Vietnam, Tokyo Metro can provide more experience and know-how related to the operation of urban railways for Hanoi Metro through its technical cooperation activities. training, staffing and human resources to contribute to the success of the urban railway project – which will become the backbone of Hanoi’s future development, “said Yoshimitsu. Oku, Tokyo Metro general manager shared at the ceremony.
Prior to the establishment of the company in Vietnam, from February 2013 to February 2016, Tokyo Metro participated in the project “Strengthening the capacity of the Urban Railway Administration and establish the operation company maintenance of urban railways in Hanoi “by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Since that time, Tokyo Metro has dispatched experienced experts to assist Hanoi in establishing a management company for the operation of urban railways and for the training of key personnel for Ha Noi Railway One Member Limited Liability Company Noi (Hanoi Metro).
