In more than 11 months, the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway (vertical axis) will be completed. The project is the desire of millions of people in the Mekong Delta, connecting smoothly for the North - South expressway in the East in the period of 2021-2025.
During the 2025 Lunar New Year holidays, when everyone is celebrating the New Year, thousands of workers and engineers on the vertical expressway are working hard day and night to complete the project on schedule by the end of this year.
Recorded at Km 47+500, through Vi Thang commune, Vi Thuy district, Hau Giang province, workers are busy paving the first 500m of asphalt on the highway.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Vinh, Deputy Director of Truong Son Nam Department under Truong Son Corporation, said that the unit is arranging 20 construction teams, including 15 bridge construction teams and 5 road construction teams, with a workforce of 300 people. Currently, there are 4 bridge locations that must be worked on during Tet with items such as pouring concrete on the bridge deck, installing beams, and 2 road locations that need to be filled with sand and loaded with rock.
"We are constructing 20km of highway with 20 bridges, the progress has reached over 65% of the contract value. Of which, 18 bridges have installed girders, and the bridges will be completed by the end of March at the latest. Regarding the road, the company has filled 90% of the load and paved 500m of asphalt concrete. Up to now, the contractor has ensured the proposed progress," said Mr. Vinh.
Workers sweep and clean the surface of Lo Da bridge waiting for asphalt. To encourage workers, in addition to the 200% and 300% salary increase according to regulations, many contractors also organize Tet meals and give gifts to workers.
Mr. Vo Van Son (46 years old, from Hau Giang) said that compared to civil construction, working on the highway is much harder because of the constant exposure to the sun and the high pressure to meet deadlines. However, the salary is good and the work is steady every day, so this is also the reason why this man has been working on the project for over a year now.
"The highway will be built soon, I am proud to contribute a small part to this great project," Mr. Son happily said.
Lo Da Bridge is part of the IC5 intersection project, with a length of over 350m and a width of over 25m. This is an overpass spanning National Highway 61. In the first days of the new year, workers were busy cleaning and sanitizing the bridge waiting for asphalt.
Construction material staging area for the highway section through Hau Giang province of Truong Son contractor along the road leading to the Viet-Uc cajuput forest.
At IC4 intersection through Binh Thanh commune, Phung Hiep district (Hau Giang), the construction site seems to never sleep because of the sound of machinery operating day and night.
Mr. Thai Ba Trinh, a technical officer of Construction Corporation No. 1, said that the contractor is responsible for the construction from Km34+100 to Km38+980 through Phung Hiep district (Hau Giang). The unit is mobilizing crushed stone for loading. During the Lunar New Year, the company organized 3 construction teams including gathering loaded stone on the main route, IC4 intersection and bridges - culverts to ensure that the project must be completed by the end of this year as required. The number of workers working each shift is about 40 people.
"Regarding the source of materials, there are still difficulties because the sand mining license will expire in February. At that time, we will increase the amount of stone we take to load," said Mr. Trinh.
Mr. Trinh is from Nghe An. During his break, he called home to ask how his family was preparing and decorating the house for Tet.
Can Tho - Ca Mau Expressway is more than 110km long, with a total investment of more than 27,500 billion VND, started construction in January 2023, and is expected to be completed in 2025.
This expressway section consists of two component projects: the Can Tho - Hau Giang component project is over 37km long. The total investment is over 10,370 billion VND.
The Hau Giang - Ca Mau component project is over 73km long. The total investment is over 17,152 billion VND.
According to My Thuan Project Management Board (investor), as of January 2025, the construction output of the two component projects reached 58%. The total number of construction teams currently organized is 234 with 2,881 personnel and 926 pieces of equipment operating throughout Tet.
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