Nearly 20 transport projects to be ground-broken in 2024

The above projects include three expressways: Dau Giay-Tan Phu Expressway, Cho Moi-Bac Kan Expressway and Lo T-Rach Soi Expressway.

The ministry is also speeding up the progress of 23 remaining projects with the aim of putting them into operation this year, including two component projects in the North-South Expressway East, Phase 1 – the Dien Chau-Bai Vot and Cam Lam-Vinh Hao expressways.

It will also finalize investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project and push ahead with preparations for investment in major national railway routes such as Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho, Bien Hoa-Vung Tau, Long Thanh-Thu Thiem and Lao Cai-Ha Noi-Hai Phong.

The disbursement of public investment capital will be accelerated to support ministries, sectors and local administrations remove obstacles in site clearance, and supervise the working pace of contractors and consultants in key projects of national and sectoral importance.

The ministry also targets to decentralize management of project management boards and organize monthly online meetings with project management boards of key projects to timely handle any arising problems, and regularly conduct site inspection.

In 2023, Viet Nam started construction of 26 transport projects and completed construction of nine expressways a length of 475km, raising the total length of the national expressway network to 1,892km.

The government decided that Viet Nam needs to have over 3,000 kilometers of highways by 2025, which means that 1,270 kilometers more of highways must be built and completed by the end of 2025./.