Prime Minister: Build railways 'faster, faster, bolder, bolder' - Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television

The above viewpoint was emphasized by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh when speaking at the opening of the second meeting of the Steering Committee for key works and important national projects in the railway sector (Steering Committee) on the morning of April 26, according to the Government Electronic Newspaper.

After its establishment in March 2024, the Steering Committee held its first meeting. The Prime Minister assigned 24 tasks to ministries, branches, and localities, focusing on removing difficulties and obstacles, and speeding up investment preparation procedures for projects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. (Photo: VGP)

With the spirit of the historic April days 50 years ago when the South was liberated and the country was reunified, the Prime Minister requested the members of the Steering Committee, ministries, branches, localities and units to "be faster, faster; be bolder, be bolder", promote the sense of responsibility, assign "clearly to people, clear to work, clear to time, clear to results, clear to responsibilities, clear to authority", "look far and wide, think deeply, do big things", review the tasks assigned by the Prime Minister and Head of the Steering Committee at the first meeting.

The Prime Minister also asked delegates to propose tasks and solutions to implement projects to ensure progress and quality.

Emphasizing that railways play an important role in passenger and cargo transportation, the Prime Minister assessed that in recent times, railway development has received little attention and has not been commensurate with the country's development.

Recently, the Central Committee and the Politburo have actively considered the Government's proposals related to the development of the railway sector, including: Upgrading existing railway lines; reconnecting previously interrupted railway lines; implementing major railway projects such as the North-South high-speed railway, the railway connecting with China and urban railway lines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition, the National Assembly issued a Resolution on investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project; a Resolution on investment policy for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project; and a Resolution on piloting a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies to develop the urban railway network system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Prime Minister said that railway development has many stages, many tasks, many items, with large investment levels; limited time, a lot of work, high requirements; while understanding and technological capacity are not high; requiring high determination, great effort, drastic action, completing each task, identifying the focus and key points.

" Railway development also involves many levels, many sectors, and many localities, so the Government established a Steering Committee for ministries, sectors, localities, and units to coordinate implementation based on their functions, tasks, and powers, with the view of promoting decentralization and delegation of authority, "tasks belonging to which sector or field must be performed by that sector; tasks belonging to which locality must be performed by that locality" to speed up the progress and quality of implementation of railway transport projects ," the Prime Minister emphasized.

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