Prime Minister: Efforts to implement '6 more' in implementing key transport projects

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized: Implementing key transport projects is of great significance, first of all to realize the goals set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Congress, to make people excited; to promote economic growth, to open up new development space for localities with projects and the whole country - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The meeting was held in a combined online and in-person format between the Government Headquarters and 46 centrally-run provinces and cities with important national projects and key transport sector works and construction material mines.

Attending the meeting were: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang; Minister, Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi, leaders of ministries, branches, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities, representatives of project management boards, State economic groups, investors, consulting units, and construction contractors.

Achieved many positive results

The report of the Ministry of Transport and opinions at the meeting showed that, in recent times, local authorities at all levels have made efforts to carry out site clearance and infrastructure relocation; speed up the progress of procedures in investment preparation; direct contractors to overcome difficulties and obstacles, take advantage of favorable weather conditions to speed up construction of projects assigned to the competent authority; promptly resolve procedures for granting mines to contractors according to special mechanisms.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has guided localities and construction contractors to implement special mechanisms on exploiting mineral mines for common construction materials according to Resolution No. 106/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly; and guided procedures for using surplus land of the Long Thanh airport project for the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway project.

The Ministry is also completing the dossier according to the opinions of the Government members to authorize the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government, to sign the Government's Submission requesting the National Assembly Standing Committee to consider and adjust Resolution No. 273/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the policy of changing the purpose of using forests, forest land and rice land from two or more crops of the North-South Expressway Construction Project in the East for the period 2021-2025 (Resolution No. 273).

The Ministry of Construction has coordinated with the Ministry of Transport to establish a working group to review and complete the system of norms according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 02/CD-TTg dated January 9, 2024.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has advised the Prime Minister to issue a decision on decentralization and assigning competent authorities to invest in expressway projects; has appraised the Feasibility Study Report of the Dau Giay-Tan Phu and Tan Phu-Bao Loc projects and the Pre-Feasibility Study Report of the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai project; is coordinating with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to complete the appraisal of the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai project in March 2024; and give opinions on the dossier adjusting the investment policy of the Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao urban railway project.

The Ministry of Finance has submitted to the Prime Minister adjustments to the ADB loan agreement for the Nhon-Hanoi railway station urban railway project; and guidance on allocating and approving budget estimates for the projects.

The State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises has directed Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to speed up the relocation of high-voltage power lines.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Prime Minister the establishment of a Working Group to assist the Steering Committee to direct the progress of the implementation of urban railway projects in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi; has announced and reported the results of the pilot project of using sea sand as the foundation of automobile roads and highways for localities to use as a basis for implementation; is completing national technical regulations on automobile highways to be issued in March 2024; coordinating with the Ministry of Construction to review the system of norms; starting construction of the Ho Chi Minh Road project, Rach Soi-Ben Nhat section, Go Quao-Vinh Thuan.

The Prime Minister emphasized that ministries, localities, and relevant entities should strive to implement "6 more" in implementing key transport projects - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Efforts to 'just do it, not talk back'

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that after the 9th meeting of the State Steering Committee for important national projects and works, key to the transport sector on February 16, 2024, ministries, branches and localities, investors, consultants, construction contractors and people in places where the project passes through have proactively, actively, and well coordinated the implementation of the proposed solutions and tasks with the spirit of "only discussing work, not backtracking"; investors, contractors, and workers continue to make efforts to organize construction with the determination to "overcome the sun, overcome the rain", "eat and sleep quickly", "work in 3 shifts", "work through holidays and Tet, through holidays" to speed up the construction progress, achieving very encouraging results with the spirit of joining hands to build a modern and synchronous transport infrastructure system.

Local authorities at all levels under the leadership of the provincial party secretaries have made efforts to carry out site clearance and infrastructure relocation; speed up the progress of procedures in investment preparation; direct contractors to overcome difficulties and obstacles, take advantage of favorable weather conditions to speed up construction of projects assigned to them as the governing bodies; promptly resolve procedures for granting mines to contractors according to special mechanisms.

Ministries, branches, and state management agencies have promptly guided and supported localities, investors, and contractors in the process of implementing tasks assigned by the Prime Minister. In particular, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has completed the appraisal of investment projects, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has completed the preparation of the Submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee to adjust Resolution No. 273 on the policy of changing the purpose of using forests, forest land, and rice land from two or more crops of the North-South Expressway Construction Project in the East for the period 2021-2025...

Projects are basically on schedule, with the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet and Dien Chau-Bai Vot projects striving to be completed by April 30, 2024; the Long Thanh airport project and the Tan Son Nhat airport passenger terminal project continue to be accelerated with ACV's good efforts.

"Implementing key transport projects is of great significance, first of all, to realize the goals set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Congress, to make people happy and excited, to contribute to the disbursement of public investment capital, to promote economic growth in current conditions, to open up new development space for localities with projects and the whole country along the North-South and East-West axes," said the Prime Minister.

He also gave an example, the completion of the Dien Bien airport expansion project is very meaningful on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory, responding to the very legitimate aspirations of the people, of those who sacrificed their blood and bones for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland and the people.

The Prime Minister emphasized: "Local leaders must be close to the situation, resolute, and share with the people to be able to carry out site clearance work" - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The workload in 2024 is huge

The workload to be implemented in 2024 is huge, with high requirements and limited time. Ministries, branches, localities, investors and contractors need to be more proactive and determined, focus on removing difficulties and obstacles, and promote the spirit of serving the country and the people to take action.

The Prime Minister emphasized that ministries, localities, and related entities must strive to achieve 6 more points: Enhance responsibility in performing public duties; ensure faster and more timely construction progress; the quality of projects and works must be better; techniques, aesthetics, and technology must be higher and more suitable; localities must handle issues related to site clearance, raw materials, logistics roads, technical works, etc. for projects faster and more effectively; do a better job of environmental treatment, stabilizing life, and ensuring social security for people affected by projects.

Regarding specific tasks in the coming time, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport to direct investors to request contractors to coordinate with localities to soon complete procedures to ensure sufficient reserves and capacity to exploit mines under the North-South Expressway project in the East in the 2021-2025 period to meet the required progress.

Direct project enterprises and contractors to focus on completing procedures and performing "3 shifts and 4 shifts" to ensure the completion of 2 component projects, Dien Chau-Bai Vot section (section meeting technical requirements), Cam Lam-Vinh Hao according to the Prime Minister's direction before April 30, 2024.

Urging contractors to complete work to exploit construction material mines, taking advantage of favorable weather conditions, speeding up construction of component projects of the North-South Expressway in the 2021-2025 period, the Khanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot and Bien Hoa-Vung Tau projects.

Preside and coordinate with ministries and the People's Committee of Dong Nai province to prepare documents to report to the National Assembly on the resettlement arrangement of households affected by the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway Construction Project and traffic routes T1 and T2 to the Loc An-Binh Son resettlement area of the Long Thanh International Airport Project.

Preside and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Ministry of Construction, based on the results of the pilot project on using sea sand as roadbed, promptly conclude relevant contents according to the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha in Notice No. 88/TB-VPCP dated March 22, 2023, on that basis, develop standards and norms for mass deployment.

Direct investors and contractors to draw common experience in organizing construction in areas with weak ground (due to the loading time waiting for settlement and consolidation, affecting the overall completion progress of the entire project), accordingly, focus on prioritizing construction and pre-treatment in areas with weak ground to ensure loading time.

Preside over and coordinate with localities to urgently implement the Prime Minister's direction in Official Dispatch No. 769/CD-TTg dated August 26, 2023 on reviewing the arrangement of intersections connecting expressways with the traffic network to promote investment efficiency, expand development space and promote socio-economic development of regions and localities.

Urgently conduct a comprehensive study on traffic connection between Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Long Thanh International Airport, including investment in connecting railways (elevated or underground) according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Notice No. 70/TB-VPCP dated February 28, 2024.

Urgently deploy the work of building an information system and digitizing data to monitor the situation and implementation results of key projects and works in the transport sector.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment urgently and proactively implements the Deputy Prime Minister's opinion, on behalf of the Government, authorized by the Prime Minister, to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee, coordinate with the National Assembly agencies in the verification process so that the National Assembly Standing Committee can consider adjusting Resolution No. 273 at the April 2024 session, this is a prerequisite for completing the Eastern North-South Expressway Project for the 2021-2025 period on schedule required by the Government and the National Assembly.

Urgently implement the Prime Minister's direction in Notice No. 72/TB-VPCP dated February 28, 2028, preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport and relevant localities to review the sand supply capacity in the Mekong Delta region to allocate and ensure adequate supply and capacity in accordance with the progress of projects in the Southern region.

The Ministry of Construction urgently provides guidance on methods for determining material prices at mines so that localities can publish prices as a basis for investors to approve; promptly reviews, adjusts, and supplements issued norms that are inappropriate or missing; and guides ministries and localities to issue specific specialized norms.

The Ministry of Finance proactively coordinates and guides competent authorities and investors to complete procedures related to ODA loans for urban railway projects and the Ben Luc-Long Thanh and My An-Cao Lanh expressways.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) urgently established a working group of the Ministry and the Group to go to localities to directly work, guide, and help localities speed up the procedures related to relocating high-voltage power lines to meet the construction progress of projects according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Notice No. 72; to be completed before April 15, 2024. Direct units to continue to speed up the procedures related to relocating high-voltage power lines to meet the construction progress of projects.

The State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises directed the Airports Corporation (ACV) and the Expressway Corporation (VEC) to strictly control the quality and progress of airport projects and the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project; and directed the Vietnam Rubber Industry Group to promptly hand over the site at the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau project.

Must listen and share with people in site clearance

Localities identified site clearance as a key task, mobilizing the entire political system to completely resolve the site clearance for the North-South Expressway project in the 2021-2025 period (especially the provinces: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Kien Giang, Phu Yen); 3 East-West Expressway projects and 2 belt projects in the second quarter of 2024; coordinate with investors to determine the priority level of handing over the site in advance for the critical section. Speed up the construction of resettlement areas, stabilize people's lives (Dong Nai, Quang Tri provinces, ...); coordinate with EVN, the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize the relocation of high-voltage power lines, prioritizing locations that affect construction.

"Local leaders must be close to the situation, resolute, and share with the people to be able to do the site clearance work. Many localities have done very well, but some localities have not done well. Don't be too formal, you must go to the grassroots to listen to the people's opinions, see what they want, what they suggest, put yourself in their position. If there is even one household, you must go down. If you don't go down, who will go down?", the Prime Minister stated clearly.

Dong Nai province has increased human resources to speed up the site clearance progress for the projects of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3, Tan Van-Nhon Trach, Bien Hoa-Vung Tau, and the road connecting Long Thanh airport; and closely coordinated with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to soon approve the adjustment of the site clearance project for Long Thanh airport.

Regarding materials, based on the results of the pilot project using sea sand as a roadbed, localities have directed investors to proactively conduct research to expand the project in suitable areas. Soc Trang and Tra Vinh provinces continue to direct agencies to coordinate with investors to hand over sea sand mines to contractors to carry out exploitation procedures according to the instructions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

An Giang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap provinces allow contractors to exploit the maximum operating capacity of equipment, vehicles and mining time during the day to ensure mining output, and at the same time, based on the actual mining situation of the mines granted to the project, evaluate the approved environmental impact assessment (EIA) content to have a plan to increase the mining capacity of the mines (if qualified); review the mines in operation, new mining areas (especially An Giang and Vinh Long provinces), prioritize mines to extend, increase capacity to supply for the project and assign new mines to contractors to carry out mining procedures to provide enough sand volume assigned by the Prime Minister to the construction site by June 30, 2024.

Provinces with sources of sand for filling (provinces such as Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, etc.) support investors and contractors in accessing and surveying sand mines in the province.

Localities have identified site clearance as a key task, mobilizing the entire political system to completely resolve the project site clearance - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Regarding investment procedures and project implementation, Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Phuoc province will coordinate with relevant parties to soon approve the pre-feasibility study report of the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai and Gia Nghia-Chon Thanh projects.

The provinces of Son La, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh, Lam Dong, and Binh Duong review investment procedures and speed up the preparation, appraisal, and approval of feasibility study reports for the Hoa Binh-Moc Chau, Ninh Binh-Hai Phong, Tan Phu-Bao Loc, Bao Loc-Lien Khuong, and Ho Chi Minh City-Thu Dau Mot-Chon Thanh projects.

Lang Son, Hoa Binh, and Tien Giang provinces are speeding up the progress of technical design, selecting contractors, and investors for the Huu Nghi-Chi Lang, Hoa Binh-Moc Chau, and Cao Lanh-An Huu projects to soon start construction.

Hanoi City speeds up the selection of investors for component project 3 of Hanoi Ring Road 4; urgently completes the review of some contents on capital sources for the Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao urban railway project to meet the conditions for approving adjustments to the investment policy.

Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi focus on directing investors and contractors and closely coordinating with relevant agencies to soon complete procedures to qualify for the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien and Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station elevated sections to meet the needs of the people of the capital and Ho Chi Minh City.

Provinces and cities urge contractors to mobilize sufficient human and material resources for construction, closely control progress and quality, and promptly remove difficulties and obstacles to meet the set plan.

The Ministry of Public Security, the Government Inspectorate and relevant agencies carry out tasks to prevent corruption and negativity, and ensure security and order in project implementation.

Ha Van
baochinhphu.vn

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