Vinacomin Motor Industry Joint Stock Company (VMIC), a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), officially opened a centre for producing and maintaining monorail conveyor systems in mines on October 7.

The centre was set up as a result of the cooperation between VMIC and several Czech enterprises including Perrit and EIMM.

VMIC recently also put into operation a monorail system built under a contract it signed late last year with Perrit company, which has a capacity of carrying 150 workers and features an early warning system for toxic heavy metal particles. According to Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Director of Ha Lam Coal JSC, the monorail system is an effective and safe means to move workers and equipment in mines.-VNA