Also attending were: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; leaders of ministries, branches, central agencies; leaders of provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and neighboring regions; leaders of investors, project management boards, consultants, designers, and contractors of projects.
Currently, in the Mekong Delta region, 11 expressway projects/component projects are being implemented, with a total length of 434.7 km. Of which, the Ministry of Construction is the managing agency of 5 projects/component projects with a total length of 211.77 km, with 4 projects planned to be completed by 2025 with a length of 191.17 km.
Localities are the managing agencies of 6 projects/component projects with a total length of 216.93km, of which 1 project is planned to be completed in 2025 with a length of 16km; 5 projects are planned to be completed in 2026, put into full operation in 2027 with a length of 200.93km.
Currently, the projects have basically completed site clearance work, only the remaining problem is the site clearance for traffic supervision and operation items at the Can Tho - Hau Giang and Hau Giang - Ca Mau projects through the provinces and cities of Can Tho, An Giang and Ca Mau.
The total demand for construction materials for projects: sand for foundation is about 54.2 million m3, the demand for stone is about 8.7 million m3. To ensure the source of materials for the projects, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has paid attention, directly inspected, worked with, and directed ministries, branches, and localities to focus on removing obstacles and speeding up the licensing process, so far basically meeting the needs of the projects.
Of which, regarding sand filling materials, localities have licensed to exploit 63.31 million m3/demand 54.2 million m3 for projects, however, the permitted exploitation capacity has not met the progress of project implementation; regarding stone materials, the source of 5.5 million m3 has been identified, the source of 3.1 million m3 has not been identified.
Regarding the construction implementation situation, to ensure the completion of the projects, the investors have developed detailed plans and resolutely directed the contractors to mobilize more machinery, equipment, human resources, and materials, and organize construction in "3 shifts and 4 shifts". However, the progress of some projects has not yet met the Prime Minister's direction.
Of which, the Cao Lanh - Lo Te project currently has an output value of 92%; the Lo Te - Rach Soi project has an output value of 99%; the Can Tho - Ca Mau project has an output value of 75%; the Cao Lanh - An Huu project includes 2 component projects with output values of 68% and 53.4%; the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang project has 2 component projects with output values of 62% and 45%; the My An - Cao Lanh project has just started construction in July 2025.
After leaders of units, ministries, branches and localities reviewed the progress, clearly identified the causes of delays or risks of delays in project progress, especially the provision of construction materials for projects; concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed the delegates for speaking and discussing frankly, resolutely with high action; affirmed that no locality or project proposed additional capital, mechanisms, or policies, only a local shortage of construction materials such as sand, stone, and gravel.
The Prime Minister said that the Party and State are very interested in directing the development of the Mekong Delta. For the Mekong Delta to develop, many tasks and solutions must be implemented, including pioneering, rapid, and bold infrastructure development and investing in human resource development...
Recalling the beginning of the term, the Mekong Delta had almost no expressways, but up to now the whole region has been implementing about 12,000 km of expressways. Along with that, seaports such as Hon Khoai, Phu Quoc and Ca Mau airports are being invested; with the total investment for developing the regional transport system being nearly 600 trillion VND.
The Prime Minister commended ministries, branches, localities, investors, project management boards, consultants, designers, and contractors for their efforts and determination in resolving difficulties for key transport projects in the Mekong Delta region and achieving many remarkable results.
In particular, ministries, branches and localities have made great efforts and been responsible in promptly handling and resolving difficulties and problems; have balanced and arranged sufficient sources of filling materials and road foundation stones for projects; site clearance work has basically been on schedule, many projects have completed 100% of the site; resettlement support and people's living care have been done well by localities; security, order and social safety in the project area have been maintained.
The Prime Minister said that currently, some projects are facing some limitations and delays due to site clearance and the supply of construction materials, specifically sand and stone for the projects. Therefore, the Prime Minister assigned Can Tho City and Vietnam Electricity Group to urgently coordinate, relocate power infrastructure works, and complete site clearance in October 2025 to serve the projects.
Regarding construction materials, the Prime Minister affirmed that the mechanisms, policies and laws are sufficient. Therefore, localities must supply and transfer materials between projects, between localities and units in accordance with requirements; continue to supply and increase the capacity of exploiting construction materials for projects; resolutely fight against negativity and corruption, especially against acts of hoarding, price gouging, market manipulation, and collusion with contractors to use unreasonable materials for profit. Along with that, consider using sea sand to fill roadbeds, not letting projects lack construction materials.
The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Ministry of Construction to continue to guide and support localities in implementing projects. Contractors, officers, engineers, workers and laborers at construction sites continue to be highly determined, working with the spirit of "overcoming the sun and rain", "eating quickly, sleeping quickly", working in "3 shifts", "through holidays and Tet", working on Saturdays and Sundays, "not enough work during the day, working at night" to speed up the construction progress.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned specific tasks to ministries, branches, localities and units in implementing specific tasks in a number of specific projects. For the 5 expressway projects scheduled to be completed in 2025, the Prime Minister requested to focus on mobilizing sufficient materials according to the project schedule; research and apply science and technology to shorten loading time, shorten construction time, but must strictly comply with the design, ensure quality, technique, aesthetics, environmental protection and safety of the project when put into use.
In particular, drastically speed up the progress of the Cao Lanh - Lo Te and Lo Te - Rach Soi projects; shorten the loading time of 16km of the Cao Lanh - An Huu component project 1, striving to open to technical traffic in 2025.
With the viewpoint of "Ideology must be clear, determination must be high, efforts must be great, actions must be drastic and effective; work must be focused, key points, each task must be completed thoroughly", the Prime Minister requested the Ministers, Secretaries of the City Party Committee, Provincial Party Committees and Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities in the region to continue to enhance the sense of responsibility, be positive and proactive in implementing projects; proactively resolve difficulties and problems so that projects can be completed on schedule, contributing to promoting the rapid and sustainable development of the Mekong Delta region and the whole country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the implementation of projects is a political task, a demand of the heart, an expectation and longing of the people of the Mekong Delta; the sooner strategic infrastructure projects are completed, the sooner the Mekong Delta will have better conditions for development; the sooner the people of the Mekong Delta will enjoy the fruits of the Party and State's attention.
* On this occasion, the Prime Minister also directed relevant ministries, branches and Can Tho city to immediately invest in 2 cancer radiotherapy machines for Can Tho Oncology Hospital, meeting urgent needs and protecting people's health and lives. Localities in the Mekong Delta region promote the implementation of the 1 million hectare high-quality, low-emission rice project. Ministries, branches, Ca Mau province and relevant localities quickly deploy projects to serve the 2027 APEC Summit Week in Phu Quoc.
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