Commencement of a railway renovation project worth more than VND 2.000 billion in Quang Binh
On the morning of March 22, in Tuyen Hoa district, Quang Binh province, the construction launching ceremony of the railway improvement project in the Khe Net pass area, belonging to the Hanoi - City railway, took place. Ho Chi Minh.
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| Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang (right) and Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People's Committee Tran Thang attended the project implementation ceremony |
At the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Danh Huy emphasized that the quality of railway infrastructure is not consistent, capacity is limited, and has potential risks of causing traffic insecurity; Therefore, the transport market share is increasingly decreasing, not commensurate with the advantages. Faced with that situation, in the period 2016 - 2020, the National Assembly and the Government have allocated capital of about 7.000 billion to invest in important and urgent railway projects, creating a big change for the railway industry in the year. 2023.
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| Delegates pressed the button to start the project |
However, on the current North-South railway there are still some bottlenecks such as the Hoa Duyet - Thanh Luyen section; Khe Net pass area, Hai Van pass...
“In recent times, the Ministry of Transport has coordinated with ministries and branches, actively working with donors, directly the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to mobilize investment resources in project to upgrade railway transport infrastructure. To date, two projects to renovate the Hoa Duyet - Thanh Luyen area and renovate the railway in the Khe Net pass area have completed investment procedures. The completion of these projects will contribute to improving the capacity of the unified railway line in the Vinh - Dong Hoi section", Deputy Minister Nguyen Danh Huy emphasized.
For his part, Mr. Jin Saeun, Chief Representative of the Korean Economic Cooperation and Development Fund (EDCF) in Vietnam, said that through the Cooperation Fund, the Korean Government provided an ODA loan worth 78 million USD. to finance a project to improve the existing North-South railway line by improving speed and exploitation capacity.
“The railway improvement project in the Khe Net Pass area is EDCF's first project in the railway sector in Vietnam. This project is expected to strengthen cooperation in the railway sector between the Government of Vietnam and the Government of Korea; contributing to the transfer of advanced Korean technology in the railway sector as well as strengthening the economic relationship between the two Governments," Mr. Jin Saeun shared.
It is known that the Khe Net Pass area railway improvement project includes 2 packages, with package XL01 constructing 2 railway tunnels, total length of 935 m, implementation time of 23 months by the joint venture of Ilsung Company - Implementation by Deo Ca Group. Of which, tunnel 1 is 620 m long, tunnel 2 is 393 m long, tunnel gauge is 10 m, designed according to grade I railway tunnel standards.
Package XL02 constructs bridges, railways, signal information and remaining projects by the joint venture Ilsung - Railway Construction Corporation (RCC), construction time is 22 months.
The total route has a length of 6.819 m, of which new construction: 4.564 m and renovation: 2.255 m. The main project includes 2 tunnels, 3 bridges and 1 train station.
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| Area for implementing the Khe Net Pass railway improvement project |
Once completed, the project will improve railway infrastructure, increase speed, and shorten train journeys on the Hanoi - City railway. Ho Chi Minh City in the coming years, ensuring smooth, orderly, safe rail transport operations, improving capacity and quality of transport services.
It is expected that the railway improvement project in the Khe Net Pass area will be completed in December 12.
This is also proactive, improving capacity and experience to prepare for the development of Vietnam's railways and metro as set out in the development planning of the transport industry.
“Deo Ca Group will consider this project as a “sport field” to deploy training work. Workers are trained to improve their skills, engineers have the ability to fight and apply technology, and managers have more administrative capacity. Thereby, continue to research and learn from railway models in the world to be ready to integrate when developing the planned railway and metro network in the near future," Mr. Nam said.
