Putting Vung Tau - Can Gio sea bridge into planning

The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has repeatedly sent documents proposing to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to add the Can Gio sea-crossing bridge connecting Can Gio District with Vung Tau City (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) to the general construction planning of Ho Chi Minh City for the period 2021 - 2040, with a vision to 2060.

According to HoREA's idea, the bridge will be about 17 km long with a clearance of approximately 56 m so that international ships can enter and exit conveniently. Mr. Le Hoang Chau, Chairman of HoREA, affirmed that the lack of a sea-crossing bridge from Can Gio to Vung Tau would be a huge waste. The bridge will be the "hyphen" to complete the eastern coastal route. Currently, this route starts from Ham Tan (Binh Thuan) and ends at Ba Ria-Vung Tau, vehicles have to travel a very long distance to reach Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai (from National Highway 51 through Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway to reach National Highway 1A). If there is this sea-crossing bridge, from the coastal route in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, people can easily reach Ho Chi Minh City via Can Gio.

Currently Can Gio connects to Vung Tau by sea ferry

Engineer Vu Duc Thang has also researched and proposed a plan to form the Vung Tau - Can Gio road axis connecting Go Cong - My Tho. In particular, the Vung Tau - Can Gio sea bridge section needs to be completed first, then continue to build the Soai Rap bridge to Go Cong to have a shorter shortcut for the entire transport network. According to him, the need to exchange resources from Can Gio with outside provinces and the arising population will increase, leading to the need to open more bridges and roads along new traffic axes. To revive the position of Can Gio, the new road from Can Gio must be developed in the direction of passing through Ganh Rai Bay to Vung Tau and across Soai Rap River to Go Cong - My Tho. That is the new route that follows the edge of the mangrove forest to protect the environment, balance ecology, and develop sustainably. In addition, on the European - Asian ocean shipping route through the East Sea and Vietnam's islands, the Vung Tau - Can Gio sea area still has great potential that has not been fully exploited in terms of providing shipping services, and has not become a place to stop for relaxation, tourism, resort, and cultural exchange. It can be seen that the traffic route connecting coastal economic residential areas still has potential and opportunities for development. Specifically, My Tho is an important traffic hub, a junction on the traffic network from the West to the East. All major resources circulating east - west by rail, road, and river converge in My Tho. Convergence then dispersion. The roads to release resources gathered in My Tho so far have to go around endlessly along large belt roads, which is very costly in logistics, wasting energy and time. Meanwhile, Can Gio is a place limited by muddy river environment, lack of inter-regional roads, and is in need of increased seaport development and urbanization. If Ho Chi Minh City wants to find a route to Vung Tau with a larger traffic volume, it must open a new route along the Sac Can Gio forest and then across the sea to Vung Tau. It is possible to find the shortest way by taking the roads along the left bank of the Soai Rap River to Binh Khanh and the right bank to Hiep Phuoc. On the other hand, the Vung Tau and Long Hai, Binh Chau areas are famous ideal resort urban chains that attract domestic and foreign tourists. Now, with the development of economic activities, trade and international exchanges, they will become a special large urban area. "Building a bridge across the sea to create a road connecting My Tho - Can Gio is a bold breakthrough project, but it has great economic efficiency and a profound impact on the development of the urban chain and the southern coastal economic center. Therefore, it is recommended to promptly update and supplement the traffic planning and urban planning, and promptly deploy basic research and investigation to launch this project," engineer Vu Duc Thang suggested.

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