CIVIL ENGINEERING IN VIETNAM – CHALLENGES AND OPORTUNITES Prof.Dr. Nguyen Truong Tien f d f i i h l ( ) FF of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) Vice President of Vietnam Engineers Register (VER) – VUSTA Monitoring Committee (MC) President VSSMGE Deputy General Manager of Hancorp Mobile: (+84)9 0340 5769 Email: truongtien@gmail.com Vietnam has great demands in the development of infrastructures, buildings, houses, factories and other type of projects in difficult subsoil conditions and limited resources. The engineering solution and new technology need to be developed in foundation engineering and construction to achieve high engineering value, by increasing the quality and g g g y g q y reducing the cost. This paper make the review and discussion on the application and development of civil engineering and technology in Vietnam. Achievements, innovations, lesson learned as well as experiences from collapse and failure of projects as well as challenges and oportunities in civil engineering are presented, described Vietnam Macro Economic • Area: 332 000 Km2 • Populations: 84 Millions • Total GDP: 84 Billion USD • GDP / Capita: 1000 USD • GDP Growth ( 2009): 5 % GDP Growth ( 2009): 5 % • Exchange Rate (2008): 17,714 VND per USD • Total Number of Engineers : More than 800 000 • Civil engineering about 300000 [...]... Design and Standard Management and Projects Risk management Skill, knowledge of engineers New engineering solutions, technology and materials Corruption and Transparency Institute of Social Science HCM City Pacific Project, HCM City In Hanoi and Hochiminh cities, a lot of high rise buildings are under construction The basements of 1 to 5 floors are excavated Failures and collapsed of nearby buildings... from soil investigation, design and construction of diaphragm wall protection of wall, water flow and soil movement as well as management, quality control, quality assurance and monitoring The consulting services in many cases are not professional and lack of ethic codes Flooding, Climate change, severe natural conditions • During the last 50 years, the average temperature is increased C Vietnam will... countries has serve impact due to the rising of sea water level If the sea water level is rising 1m flooding will occur in Red and 1m, Mekong Delta Rivers Severe Weather Conditions Surface water raises up to 4m in flooding area (11-2007) Poor people and countries are more vulnerable to nature and human induced disasters Hazard x Vulnerability = Risk (Nature or Human induced) (Social, Economic, Enviromental,... between the principal piers (13, 14, 15) and temporary supports for construction In the principal piers and the bored pile to about 80 meters of depth is used, in the temporary supports, driven pile of 37 meters of depth are used However during the used construction, the temporary supports play the role of principals piers Those are supported more load of concrete slabs Lack of Expertise and code of... 2.Fine sand 3.Soft clay 4.Soft clay and organic soil 5.Fine sand 6.Clay Soil condition under the foundation support system for the temporary supports for construction (Foundation pile : concrete pile 300x300 14 pile per grillage Deepness about -37m) Bridge pier (Axis 13-15 ) 5 minutes before accident on 26/9/2007 The temporary supports for construction was collapsed Research, Experience and Warning... (Social, Economic, Enviromental, Even political factors) Climatology Population growth and Urbanization Forecast Technology (EWS, Water Conservation Technologies) Land use practices Env Degradation Water use Trends Govt policiesEnv Awarenes Capacity (technical & institutional) Tropical cyclones Tropical cyclone track Flood in Ha Noi on 1/11/2008 . CIVIL ENGINEERING IN VIETNAM – CHALLENGES AND OPORTUNITES Prof.Dr. Nguyen Truong Tien f d f i i h l ( ) FF of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) Vice President of Vietnam. be developed in foundation engineering and construction to achieve high engineering value, by increasing the quality and g g g y g q y reducing the cost. This paper make the review and discussion on. application and development of civil engineering and technology in Vietnam. Achievements, innovations, lesson learned as well as experiences from collapse and failure of projects as well as challenges and