On November 14, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh conducted a field survey and had a meeting with the request to complete the two expressway projects Dong Dang (Lang Son) - Tra Linh (Cao Bang) and Huu Nghi - Chi Lang (Lang Son province) in 2025, contributing to the opening of the expressway from Cao Bang to Ca Mau in 2025.
This is the third time Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has attended these two projects. Accompanying the Prime Minister are members of the Party Central Committee: Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang, Secretary of Cao Bang Provincial Party Committee Tran Hong Minh; leaders of ministries, sectors, Cao Bang province and Lang Son province.
The Prime Minister went to the field to grasp the project implementation situation and gave gifts to encourage the forces participating in the Dong Dang-Tra Linh expressway project at the end point of phase 1 of the project (Hanh Phuc commune, Quang Hoa district, Cao Bang province) and at tunnel No. 2 - Dong Khe tunnel (Thuy Hung commune, Thach An district, Cao Bang province).
Next, at the People's Committee of Thach An district, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with leaders of relevant ministries, branches, localities, enterprises, and banks on the two projects and the implementation of smart border gates with China.
Shorten travel time from Cao Bang to Hanoi to 3.5 hours
The Dong Dang (Lang Son)-Tra Linh (Cao Bang) and Huu Nghi-Chi Lang (Lang Son province) expressway projects are invested in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), by a consortium of investors led by Deo Ca Group.
Of which, the Dong Dang-Tra Linh project has a total length of 121 km, divided into 2 investment phases with a total investment of more than 23,000 billion VND.
Phase 1 invested more than 93 km, with a total investment of 14,114 billion VND, of which the State budget accounted for more than 69%. Phase 2 will continue to invest in the remaining nearly 28 km.
To date, the project's site clearance has reached 93.6%, of which the section through Cao Bang province has reached 99%, and the section through Lang Son province has reached 90%. The two provinces are determined to strive to hand over 100% of the project site by the end of December.
Investors, project enterprises, and construction contractors mobilized 1,020 personnel, 357 machines and equipment, deployed 36 teams to simultaneously approach and organize construction day and night when the site segments were handed over.
The project started construction on January 1, 2024, with an expected total output of VND 1,010 billion in 2024, and total disbursement of capital sources of VND 2,000 billion, laying the foundation for the determination to open the route in 2025 to complete the entire project by the end of 2026.
Once completed, this highway will shorten travel time from Cao Bang to Hanoi and vice versa from 6-7 hours to about 3.5 hours.
The Huu Nghi-Chi Lang project is 60 km long, with a total investment of more than 11,000 billion VND. Of which, the State budget capital participating in the project is 5,495 billion VND; the investor's capital arranged is 5,529 billion VND, the implementation period is 2024-2026.
After completion and operation, the project will connect the Huu Nghi-Coc Nam-Tan Thanh border gates (Lang Son) to the economic centers of Hanoi-Bac Giang-Bac Ninh, connecting to seaports in the Hai Phong-Quang Ninh area, contributing to increasing domestic and international trade, along with the Dong Dang-Tra Linh expressway, synchronizing the entire northern expressway network, improving overall operational efficiency.
The project started construction in April 2024. To date, the site clearance work has reached 67%, striving to hand over 100% of the site by the end of December 2024. The project has mobilized 570 personnel, 350 vehicles of machinery and equipment, and deployed 30 construction teams according to the handed-over site segments. The total output expected to be completed in 2024 is 595 billion VND, with total disbursement from all sources reaching 1,450 billion VND.
Lang Son province, Cao Bang province and investors of the two projects made a number of recommendations related to adjusting investment policies, public-private partnership financial mechanisms, and borrowing credit from banks...
The leader of Deo Ca also said that, implementing the direction of the Prime Minister, the group with the support of the two provinces of Lang Son and Cao Bang has completed the Deo Ca Practical Training Center to develop local human resources where the project passes through.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang agreed with the investment plan for phase 2 of the Dong Dang-Tra Linh project under the PPP model, in which the State budget supports 70% of the total investment, and the investor arranges the remaining 30% (similar to phase 1).
Expressway from Cao Bang to Ca Mau to open in 2025
After listening to reports, opinions and concluding remarks, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the two expressway projects of more than 150 km in length are very important to connect the two provinces, connect the Red River Delta, the Capital region with the Northern mountainous region; connect the country, connect the expressway from Cao Bang-Lang Son to Hanoi, open the expressway from North to South to Ca Mau Cape, contributing to the goal of having at least 3,000 km of expressway nationwide by 2025 and 5,000 km of expressway by 2030; at the same time connect internationally with China, opening up a very large new development space.
These two highways also pass through historical sites, such as the place where President Ho Chi Minh returned to the country to directly lead the revolution after more than 30 years abroad, and the place where the Dong Khe campaign took place...
Therefore, the implementation of the two projects has six important meanings, contributing to the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress; the command of the heart; the determination of the mind; the expectations of the people; the requirements and demands of development, the connection of the two economies of Vietnam and China; the responsibility to the people and the country.
Therefore, we must value time, intelligence, self-reliance, and mobilize the combined strength of the entire political system, businesses, and people to carry out the two projects. "Resources come from thinking, motivation comes from innovation, and strength comes from the people; innovate to fly high, be creative to reach far, and integrate to advance and develop," the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister requested that we must have high determination, great efforts, drastic actions, focus, and key points, complete each task, only discuss and do, do not back down, implement the Party's policies and requirements of superior leaders with a proactive, creative, and flexible spirit in practice, speed up progress, improve the quality of projects, and prevent corruption, negativity, waste, and group interests.
The Head of Government highly appreciated the determination and determination of the two provinces of Lang Son and Cao Bang with the two Provincial Party Secretaries as Heads of the Steering Committee for implementation; welcomed investors and contractors who actively implemented the project; thanked the people for giving up land, residence, place of worship, production and business land. Up to now, the land clearance has been basically completed, the two projects have taken shape, especially 4 tunnels are actively under construction.
In the coming time, the Prime Minister requested investors and contractors to mobilize more machinery and human resources, carry out work at a faster pace, rebuild the progress critical path, organize construction with the determination to "overcome the sun, overcome the rain, not lose to storms", "eat and sleep quickly", "work during the day when there is not enough work, take advantage of working at night", perform "3 shifts and 4 shifts", "work through Tet holidays, through days off"...
At the same time, cooperate and mobilize more local contractors to participate in project implementation with the spirit of "listening and understanding together", "sharing vision and action together", "working together, winning together and developing together", "enjoying joy, happiness and pride together".
The Prime Minister requested relevant entities (ministries, 2 localities) to continue to lead and direct with the spirit of "only discuss and do, not retreat", whichever level has the authority, that level should do it, if not, then step aside and let others do it. Under the leadership of the Party Committee, the entire political system, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, the military, police, people, youth, women, etc. must join in and participate, not leaving investors and contractors alone on the construction site.
Giving opinions on the solutions to the proposals and recommendations, the Prime Minister requested the speedy completion of the two projects in 2025, contributing to the opening of the expressway from Cao Bang to Ca Mau in 2025, ensuring quality, technique, aesthetics, safety, environmental sanitation, people's lives and preventing corruption and waste.
The Prime Minister agreed to immediately implement phase 2 of the Dong Dang-Tra Linh project in 2026 under the PPP form with 4 completed lanes; at the same time, it is necessary to propose and recommend competent authorities to urgently remove difficulties and obstacles in current legal regulations.
The Prime Minister stated: "We must make a breakthrough in infrastructure to achieve double-digit economic growth each year and to complete the two 100-year goals set out."
Regarding credit capital for the two projects, the Prime Minister requested Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) and Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) to actively participate in the two projects in the spirit of harmonious benefits, shared risks, and harmonious interests between the State, enterprises, and people; assigned Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, leaders of the Ministry of Finance, the State Bank of Vietnam, and the Ministry of Transport to work with the two banks and related enterprises in November 2024 to resolve related issues and implement specific tasks.
Sharing more, the Prime Minister said that many generations have fought and sacrificed to gain independence and freedom like today, there is an environment and conditions for banks and businesses to develop, therefore, banks and businesses are Vietnamese legal entities, subjects of the Vietnamese economy, when the people and the country need them, they must be ready to do it. According to the Prime Minister, doing business sometimes makes a loss, sometimes makes a profit, the issue is the overall efficiency and there are also times when we have to sacrifice for the development of the country, for the benefit of the people, the nation, the people.
Lang Son needs to take the lead in implementing smart border gates
At the meeting, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Committee of Lang Son province, and Viettel Group reported on the pilot implementation of the smart border gate between Lang Son and Guangxi (China). Chairman of the People's Committee of Lang Son province Ho Tien Thieu said that this afternoon (November 14), Lang Son and Guangxi will sign an agreement on the regulations for coordinating the operation of the smart border gate.
Leaders of Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) also reported on promoting the connection of power grids between Vietnam and China; and the relocation of power infrastructure to construct two expressway projects.
The Prime Minister requested Lang Son to take the lead in implementing smart border gates and then continue to replicate them in other localities; local leaders actively discuss with the Chinese side to implement according to the agreement reached by the two countries' senior leaders.
The Ministry of Finance balances the budget in the 2024 reserve fund to allocate for this task; ministries and branches actively participate, work hard, do not push or avoid, resolve difficulties and obstacles where they arise, and resolve the work of each level. At the same time, the Prime Minister noted the need to prevent corruption, negativity, and manage effectively.
Reiterating that time, intelligence, decisiveness and sense of responsibility are important, the Prime Minister hopes that relevant parties will join hands, contribute, unite and be unified in implementing tasks to contribute to bringing the country into a new era, an era of national growth.
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