The Ministry of Transport has allocated VND4,300 billion from the State budget estimate for 2025 to develop maintenance norms and carry out railway infrastructure maintenance.
The Ministry of Transport has just decided to assign the 2025 state budget expenditure estimate and railway economic activity expenditure source to the Vietnam Railway Authority and Vietnam Railway Corporation.
Accordingly, the total allocated expenditure for railway economic activities is 4,300 billion VND. Of which, the Ministry of Transport allocated and assigned the Vietnam Railway Authority more than 3.5 billion to carry out the task of "Developing standards for management and maintenance of national railway infrastructure", including: Adjusting and supplementing standards for maintenance of national railway infrastructure; Developing standards for maintenance of Long Bien bridge, Hanoi - Dong Dang railway line; Developing standards for maintenance of Thang Long bridge, Bac Hong - Van Dien railway line.
Vietnam Railway Corporation was assigned more than 4,296 billion to carry out the tasks of "Managing and regularly maintaining railway infrastructure" and "Repairing and fully supplementing the signal system at manned level crossings by 2025".
The Ministry of Transport has allocated a budget of 4,300 billion VND for railway infrastructure maintenance in 2025 (Illustration: Ta Hai).
Vietnam Railway Authority and Vietnam Railway Corporation are fully responsible for: proposed data and proposed budget allocation documents; accuracy of content, objects, and proposed budget allocation amount; collection, preservation, and storage of related documents; organization of implementation according to the National Railway Infrastructure Maintenance Plan 2025, the approved Plan for repairing and supplementing the signaling system at manned level crossings 2025, the assigned budget ensures compliance with standards, norms, and is economical and effective, without loss or waste.
According to Giao thong Newspaper's investigation, the assignment of Vietnam Railway Corporation to implement infrastructure maintenance capital in 2025 is carried out in accordance with current legal documents and regulations, including the Project on management, use and exploitation of national railway infrastructure assets invested and managed by the State, approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 797/QD-TTg dated August 5, 2024.
In Decision 797, it is stipulated that by the end of 2030, Vietnam Railways Corporation (a railway infrastructure business enterprise with 100% of charter capital held by the State) will be assigned to manage, use and exploit national railway infrastructure assets invested and managed by the State in a form that does not include the State capital component in the enterprise.
Regarding the mechanism for implementing the management and maintenance of national railway infrastructure assets invested and managed by the State when assigned to the Vietnam Railway Corporation for management, use and exploitation, Decision 797 stipulates: The Ministry of Transport shall organize the entire order for the management and maintenance of national railway infrastructure with the Vietnam Railway Corporation; the Vietnam Railway Corporation shall organize the implementation and be responsible to the Government, the Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Transport for the implementation of the management and maintenance of national railways to ensure smooth, orderly, safe, accurate railway traffic operations in accordance with legal regulations.
Previously, from 2021 to 2024, capital for railway infrastructure maintenance was implemented according to the following mechanism: The Ministry of Transport assigned the Vietnam Railway Authority to place orders with the Vietnam Railway Corporation to carry out the management and maintenance of national railway infrastructure.
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/4300-ty-dong-bao-tri-ha-tang-duong-sat-nam-2025-192250103115738333.htm
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