The $7.946 billion railway infrastructure project connecting Vietnam with China has just had new moves to ensure the quality of the appraisal of the Project's Pre-Feasibility Study Report.
New move at the "super" Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong Railway Project
The $7.946 billion railway infrastructure project connecting Vietnam with China has just had new moves to ensure the quality of the appraisal of the Project's Pre-Feasibility Study Report.
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| Railway route Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong. |
The Government Office has just issued Official Dispatch No. 678/VPCP – CN to the Minister of Planning and Investment to convey the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on hiring a consultant to review the Pre-Feasibility Study Report of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong Railway Construction Investment Project.
Specifically, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Chairman of the State Appraisal Council to carefully review the legal provisions on bidding, relevant laws and based on the progress of submitting the Pre-Feasibility Study Report of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong Railway Construction Investment Project under the direction of the competent authority to decide on hiring a review consultant or submit to the competent authority for consideration and decision on hiring a review consultant in special cases to review the project's Pre-Feasibility Study Report.
Previously, the Government issued a decision to establish a State Appraisal Council to appraise the Pre-Feasibility Study Report of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong Railway Construction Investment Project. The Minister of Planning and Investment is the Chairman of the Council. The Vice Chairman of the Council is the Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment.
The members of the Council include: Leaders of the Ministries of Transport, Finance, Construction, Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, National Defense, Public Security, Science and Technology, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Culture, Sports and Tourism, Information and Communications, Education and Training, Natural Resources and Environment; leaders of the State Bank of Vietnam; leaders of the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises; leaders of the People's Committees of the provinces and cities: Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Hai Phong.
The investment project to build the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway line, with the expected capital sponsor being the Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank), aims to build a new 1,435 mm standard gauge railway line, electrified, connecting with China and the Hai Phong seaport area.
The route starts at the cross-border rail connection point between Lao Cai station (Vietnam) and Ha Khau Bac station (China); ends at Lach Huyen port (Hai Phong), with a total main line length of 388.35 km (the section from Lao Cai station to Lach Huyen port station is 383.24 km long; the section from Lao Cai station to the rail connection point is 5.11 km long); the branch line connecting Nam Hai Phong port and Nam Dinh Vu is 7.89 km long; the branch line connecting Yen Thuong station and Yen Vien station is 2.18 km long.
The route has 30 stations, including 3 train stations, 19 mixed stations and 8 technical stations; passing through 9 provinces and cities: Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Hai Phong.
The Project is expected to have a design speed of 160 km/h on the main section of Lao Cai station - Lach Huyen Port station, 80 km/h for the section of Lao Cai - rail junction and branch lines, 120 km/h for the railway section through the Hanoi hub, coinciding with the Eastern belt railway. To ensure investment efficiency, the Project is expected to be divided into 2 phases.
Phase I (by 2030), complete the construction of the entire Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong route on a single-track scale, complete site clearance. Phase II (after 2050), complete the construction of the entire Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong route on a double-track scale and construct the Nam Hai Phong - Nam Dinh Vu branch line.
With the above investment scale, the total investment of the Project is about 211,030 billion VND, equivalent to 62.583 billion yuan and about 8.693 billion USD, including 135,600 billion VND of preferential loans used for construction cost items; equipment and vehicle costs; design consulting costs, construction supervision; contingency costs for the above items and about 75,430 billion VND of counterpart capital of the Vietnamese Government used for the items: project management costs; value added tax; other consulting costs and other costs; compensation costs, resettlement support; loan interest and contingency costs.
Source: https://baodautu.vn/dong-thai-moi-tai-sieu-du-an-duong-sat-lao-cai---ha-noi---hai-phong-d243704.html
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