The Southeast region includes Ho Chi Minh City and 5 provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh.
The area is 23,551 km2 , accounting for 7.1% of the country's area; the population is about 18.8 million people, accounting for 18.9% of the country's population (2022).
Completing the North-South Expressway, the expressway connecting Ho Chi Minh City with gateways
On the morning of July 18, at the conference of the Southeast Regional Coordination Council chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang informed about the need for investment capital for the transport system and solutions to complete the transport network of this region.
The Minister of Transport said that according to the planning, the total capital demand for transport infrastructure investment in the Southeast region is expected to be about 738,500 billion VND, of which the 2021-2025 period needs about 342,000 billion VND and the 2026-2030 period needs about 396,500 billion VND.
Regarding roads, Mr. Nguyen Van Thang said that it is necessary to focus on completing the North-South expressway and Ho Chi Minh City expressway connecting with gateways, important traffic hubs and ring roads.
In particular, priority is given to traffic projects such as Ring Road 3, Ring Road 4, Ben Luc - Long Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Ho Chi Minh City - Chon Thanh, Bien Hoa - Vung Tau, Dau Giay - Lien Khuong, Go Dau - Xa Cat, Chon Thanh - Duc Hoa, Chon Thanh - Gia Nghia.
At the same time, continue to invest in expanding the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay and Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan expressways according to the plan.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang informs about transport projects in the Southeast region
Regarding railways, it is necessary to upgrade the existing North-South railway line and the Ho Chi Minh City hub to improve the efficiency of railway exploitation. In addition to investing in the exploitation of urban railway lines in Ho Chi Minh City, it is necessary to study and soon invest in the Thu Thiem - Long Thanh railway line, the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau railway line connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai with Vung Tau City to Cai Mep - Thi Vai port, and the Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho railway line.
Regarding inland waterways, the Minister of Transport outlined the orientation to renovate, upgrade and complete inland waterway transport routes such as routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Kien Luong, Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau, Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Keo, Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Suc...
At the same time, invest in and upgrade inland waterway ports such as Phu Dinh, Nhon Duc, Long Binh, Tan An, Ben Suc ports, ports in Long An, Tay Ninh... to collect and clear goods for major seaports in the region.
Regarding aviation, invest in putting into operation terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat airport, Long Thanh airport phase 1 and continue to invest in phase 2 to increase capacity to 50 million passengers/year.
Perspective of a section of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project
Maximize mobilization of non-budgetary resources
To achieve the above goals, the Minister of Transport said that it is necessary to synchronously deploy solutions, including promptly completing provincial and regional planning and fully integrating, unifying and synchronizing with 5 specialized transport planning schemes.
On that basis, build a list of priority projects calling for investment, in which maximum mobilization of non-budgetary resources, effective use of the state budget with the goal of "taking public investment to lead private investment", focusing on key transport projects with spillover effects, creating regional linkages.
The Southeast region is lacking many inter-regional transport connections.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang also proposed special mechanisms and policies with breakthrough and outstanding features similar to some pilot mechanisms and policies of Ho Chi Minh City that have been approved by the National Assembly.
Presenting a number of specific policies, the Minister of Transport agreed with the decentralization and delegation of authority to localities with the capacity to implement inter-regional projects; increasing the state's capital contribution ratio in public-private partnership projects, creating land funds on both sides of highways and stations for auction to select investors.
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