1. Name of project: Tramway number 1 in Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon – Cho Lon – Mien Tay Bus Station)

 2. Owner / Project management agency:

2.1. Information about owner/ Project manage- ment agency:

- Company Name: Management Authority for Ur- ban Railways (MAUR)

- Address: 29 Le Quy Don, Ward 7, District 3, Ho

Chi Minh City, Vietnam

- Representative: Mr. Nguyen Do Luong

- Position: Head of MAUR

- Phone: (08) 39309495

- Fax: (08) 39309497

- Website: http://hcmc-maur.vn

2.2. Contact for more details: Management Au- thority for Urban Railways (MAUR)

- Phone: (08) 39309495

Email: maur_pid@yahoo.com

3. Objectives of the project:

Provide passenger public transport services with large capacity, safety and reducing environmental pollution.

 4. Investment type: ODA, BOT, BT, PPP...

5. Investment scale:

5.1. Total estimated investment capital: 250 mil- lion USD

5.2. Demand for electricity: power supply system for the entire route is all the system lines and substations from the point of connection to the national grid to the load, including large power transformer stations, stations traction power, low voltage terminal stations, networks of medium voltage lines, electric traction network, network linevoltage power supply for the terminal equip- ment, depot (information signal equipment, light- ing, ventilation , ...) and redundant power system when the power lost.

 6. Project duration:

6.1. Operating time (years): Long time

6.2. Plan / Progress: In the stage of creating in- vestment project and calling for investment

7. Search to foreign partners

- Specific requirements for foreign partners: As the government sources of official development assistance (ODA), other financial institutions, the foreign banks with preferential loans, large cor- porations on building transportation infrastructure has the financial capacity and technology...

- Requirements for new forms of collaboration: Funding of ODA, preferential loans, BT, BOT, PPP

...

8. Project location:

8.1. Location

+ Construction site: Ho Chi Minh City.

+ First point routing: Saigon (at Ben BachDang Park area).

+ Endpoint routing: Mien Tay Bus Station.

+ Route way: going from Saigon, via the routes Ton Duc Thang - Boulevard Vo Van Kiet - Ly Chieu Hoang - D2 to the Western Bus Station. The total length of 12.5 kilometers, passing through urban districts 1, 5, 6 and Binh Tan.

+ The tramway has 01 Depot located in the Mien Tay Bus station with an area of 5 ha.

8.2. Traffics

- Status: crowded traffic conditions and conges- tion occurs during peak hours.

- Mainly transport: buses, personal vehicles (cars, motorcycles)

8.3. Human Resources

- Expenses for salaries, social insurance, health insurance...

9. Priority policies / conditions of projects

9.1. Land: Under the provisions of law.

9.2. Import duties: Under the provisions of law.

9.3. Corporate Income Tax: Under the provisions of law.
9.4. The policy mechanisms to the project: according to the regulation of Vietnam; two parties have to unanimously agree the negotiation which harmonizes to interests and laws of Vietnam and investors.

10. Market analysis

10.1. Demand / The need for investment:

Traffic congestion is increasing and streets be- come unsafe due to mixed traffic between ve- hicles.

To solve these problems, the need to develop in transport system of public passenger to a suitable route appropriating with the development phase of the City, in accordance with investment ca- pabilities, including public transport system with mass transport plays an important role.

Tram route number 1 Saigon-Cho Lon-Mien Tay bus station meets travel demand, reduces traffic jam of area and minimizes environmental pollu- tion due to the uses of personal vehicles.

10.2. Consumer market products / services: in- habitants in Ho Chi Minh City