Chinese consultancy company shortlisted in Vietnamese capital's traffic solution contest

By：Xinhua Update：2017-03-28

Atkins China Limited AREP Ville has been selected by Vietnam's capital Hanoi as one of six eligible advisers to join the contest in search for breakthrough traffic solutions, the Hanoi Department of Transportation said on Monday.

Five other contestants include the Singaporean ST Electronics, the local research Institute for Urban and Rural Planning, and three coalitions between Japanese and Vietnamese firms/research institutes, reported local Tien Phong (Pioneer) newspaper on Monday.

In January 2017, Hanoi's Department of Transportation launched a contest seeking for viable solutions to its chronic traffic congestion. As of Feb. 20, the organizer had collected more than 200 proposals from 25 organizations of whom only six proposals have been shortlisted.

The contest offers a total prize of 300,000 U.S. dollars for winning consulting companies and 25,000 U.S. dollars in credit support for any entry with a complete and qualified proposal, said the department.