The Southeast region includes Ho Chi Minh City and 5 provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh.
Area 23.551 km2, accounting for 7,1% of the country's area; population is about 18,8 million people, accounting for 18,9% of the country's population (in 2022).
Completing the North-South expressway, the highway connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the gates
On the morning of July 18.7, at the meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Southeast region, chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang informed about the need for investment capital for the transport system and implementation solutions to improve the transport network of this region.
According to the plans, the total investment capital for transport infrastructure in the Southeast region is expected to be about VND 738.500 billion, of which the period of 2021 - 2025 needs about VND 342.000 billion and the period from 2026 to 2030 needs about VND 396.5000 billion.
Regarding roads, Mr. Nguyen Van Thang said that it is necessary to focus on completing the North-South expressways, the Ho Chi Minh City expressway connecting with gateways, important traffic hubs and ring roads.
In particular, priority is given to traffic projects such as Ring 3, Ring 4, Ben Luc - Long Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Ho Chi Minh City - Chon Thanh, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau, Dau Giay - Lien Khuong, Go Dau - Xa Cat, Chon Thanh - Duc Hoa, Chon Thanh - Gia Nghia.
At the same time, continue to invest in expanding the highways Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay, Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan according to the plan.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang information about traffic projects of the Southeast region
Regarding railways, it is necessary to upgrade the existing North-South railway and the Ho Chi Minh City hub to improve the efficiency of railway operation. Besides investing in the operation of urban railway lines in Ho Chi Minh City, it is necessary to study early to invest in Thu Thiem - Long Thanh railway, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai with Vung Tau city to Cai Mep - Thi Vai port, and HCMC - Can Tho railway.
Regarding inland waterways, the Minister of Transport stated orientations to renovate, upgrade and complete inland waterway routes such as routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Kien Luong, Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau, Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Keo, Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Suc…
At the same time, invest and upgrade inland waterway ports such as Phu Dinh, Nhon Duc, Long Binh, Tan An, Ben Suc ports, ports in Long An, Tay Ninh... to collect and release goods for major seaports in the region.
Regarding aviation, invest in putting into operation terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat airport and Long Thanh airport in phase 1 and continue to invest in phase 2 to increase capacity to 50 million passengers/year.
Perspective of a section of the Belt 3 project in Ho Chi Minh City
Maximize out-of-budget resources
To achieve the above goals, the Minister of Transport said that it is necessary to implement solutions synchronously, in which it is necessary to soon complete the provincial and regional plans and fully integrate, unify and synchronously with 5 specialized transport master plans.
On that basis, develop a list of prioritized projects calling for investment, in which the maximum mobilization of non-budget resources, effective use of the state budget with the goal of "taking public investment to lead investment", focusing on key transport projects with spillover effects, creating regional linkages.
The Southeast region is lacking many inter-regional transport works
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang also proposed a specific mechanism and policy with breakthroughs, similar to a number of pilot mechanisms and policies of Ho Chi Minh City approved by the National Assembly.
Mentioning a number of specific policies, the Minister of Transport concurs with the decentralization and decentralization of powers to localities capable of implementing inter-regional projects; increasing the state's capital contribution ratio in public-private partnership projects, creating land funds on both sides of highways and railway stations for investor selection auctions.
