OREANDA-NEWS. Vietnam's vision is to become an industrialized nation by 2020. Accomplishing that requires infrastructure investments in public works. This can be seen, for instance, in the country's largest metropolis, Hoh Chi Minh City. HCMC already has nearly 7.7 million residents, and it's growing rapidly.

During the run-up to the 14th Asia Pacific Conference (APK) in Hoh Chi Minh City Mr. Roland Busch, the member of the Siemens Managing Board who has special responsibility for the Asia, Australia Region, and Siemens Vietnam's CEO, Thai Lai Pham, presented the company's business opportunities in this prospering country to media representatives.

The visit of two major customer projects were part of the program: The Nhon Trach 2 Combined Cycle Power Plant which was built in record time and affirms Siemens' leading position for gas turbines on Vietnam's market. And the Bitexco Financial Tower. With 68 floors and a height of 265 meters this is Ho Chi Minh City's tallest building and Siemens' largest Total Building Solution project.

In addition, a study on how to make Hoh Chi Minh City's transport network more resilient was released.