HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport will directthe Public Transport Management Centre to implement a smart ticket system forpublic transport.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong has asked thecity’s Transport Department, Information and Communications Department,professional management agencies of the State, Urban Railway Management Board(MAUR), Transportation Works Construction Investment Project ManagementAuthority (TCIP), and relevant investors to review and apply a framework forautomatic ticket collection systems in public passenger transport.

He required the Transport Department to create one specific standard frameworkfor the automatic ticket collection system in passenger public transportaccording to current circumstances.

The department will then collect professional opinions from relevant Stateunits when adjusting this framework or report to the municipal People’sCommittee when direction is needed.

The MAUR is asked to review the status of the bidding package to build anautomatic ticket collection system for the planned metro line No.2 projectbetween Bến Thành and Tham Lương, while also considering the possibility ofintegrating with other public transport types such as public bus lines andmetro line No.1.

The smart ticket system for the city’s public transport belongs to theprogramme called “Global Future Cities”, using non-refundable ODA capital ofUS$5 million from the governments of the UK and North Ireland via the UK SharedProsperity Fund./.