Research on expanding the eastern sections of the North-South Expressway

The Government Office has just issued Document No. 229/TB-VPCP announcing the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on the implementation of research on investment in expanding the eastern sections of the North-South Expressway according to the scale of the complete expressway.

Research on expanding the eastern sections of the North-South Expressway.

The announcement stated that in order to meet the needs of socio-economic development, ensure security and defense, gradually complete the infrastructure connecting economic and political centers, key economic regions and implement the policies of the Party, the National Assembly, the Government has deployed investment in the Eastern North-South Expressway project, which has so far completed and put into operation about 1,200km.

However, the exploitation process has some shortcomings due to the limited scale of 2-lane or 4-lane highways such as: Potential risks of traffic insecurity, traffic congestion, traffic accidents, not meeting the needs of economic development in the condition of forecasted traffic volume tending to increase due to changes in economic growth targets in the current conditions and National Technical Regulations on highways are issued.

Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister agreed in principle with the proposal of the Ministry of Construction on studying the expansion of the eastern sections of the North-South Expressway to overcome the above limitations.

Strive to start construction of some component projects in December 2025

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction to preside over and coordinate with ministries and agencies to urgently develop and complete the dossier to submit to the National Assembly at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly (phase 2 in June 2025), striving to start construction of a number of component projects in December 2025.

In particular, the Deputy Prime Minister noted: Develop specific principles, criteria, and conditions to clearly identify the subjects and scope of expressway sections that need to be invested in and fully expanded; ensure efficiency, suitability to transportation needs, and the ability to balance investment resources.

The expanded investment sections must ensure the planned scale, meet the correct standards, facilitate the construction process, avoid having to expand many times, and avoid wasting assets.

At the same time, review and propose specific and special mechanisms and policies to accelerate implementation progress and mobilize resources; including specific mechanisms and policies that have been allowed to be applied on bidding, common construction materials, etc. Review and calculate fully and accurately the total investment and capital needs for each stage to serve as a basis for considering the possibility of balancing capital allocation.

The Ministry of Construction shall urgently preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to develop a plan for toll collection concessions for completed expressways, including calculating the concession plan combined with upgrading and expanding assets according to the plan; report to the Prime Minister in May 2025.

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