Complete appraisal of North-South high-speed railway project before October 5

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha directed the completion of the appraisal of the pre-feasibility study report of the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis, on that basis completing the report to submit to the Government before October 5.

According to the pre-feasibility study, the new North-South high-speed railway line will be built with a design speed of 350km/h, mainly to carry passengers. The current North-South railway line will carry goods - Photo: AI created

That was one of the conclusions of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on the investment policy for the high-speed railway on the North-South axis, recently announced by the Government Office.

High-speed railway is expected to have a design speed of 350km/h.

After listening to the Ministry of Transport report on the implementation of the high-speed railway investment project on the North-South axis and the opinions of the meeting participants, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha concluded: The Ministry of Transport synthesizes and fully absorbs the opinions at the meeting to urgently complete the pre-feasibility study report on the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis. In particular, it is important to review, absorb and fully explain the conclusions of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee; clarify the opinions of ministries, agencies, localities and experts to ensure consensus and unity of the entire political system and people before submitting it to the National Assembly for approval at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly. The Ministry of Transport clarified some contents about: the basis for choosing a design speed of 350km/h for high-speed railways associated with high and modern technology... and explained more clearly why a design speed of 250km/h was not chosen.

Supplementing clear arguments to prove the necessity of building the entire route, not dividing it into sections according to Conclusion No. 49-KL/TW of the Politburo. The viewpoint of passenger transport is mainly, meeting the dual-use requirements for national defense and security, and being able to transport goods when necessary, through the exploitation and dispatch plan (with a design speed of 350km/h, passenger transport will operate at a speed of 320km/h and when transporting goods, it will operate at a lower speed or at night; only transport light goods, express delivery goods; for large tonnage goods, container goods will use the existing railway and other means of transport)...

Review and approve the pre-feasibility study report

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport to urgently supplement and complete the pre-feasibility study report on the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis and send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment to serve the appraisal work. The Minister of Planning and Investment directed the State Appraisal Council to deploy and complete the project appraisal according to regulations, on that basis, complete the report to submit to the Government before October 5. After the Ministry of Planning and Investment has the appraisal report, the Government Office will immediately send it to the members of the Government for comments; on that basis, the Ministry of Transport will synthesize and complete the Government report before October 7. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Government Office to report to the Prime Minister for permission to include it in the discussion at the regular Government meeting in September 2024 (October 7) to consider and approve the pre-feasibility study report on the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis; Assign the Minister of Transport to preside over, receive comments from Government members, complete the report; authorize the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government, sign the submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of the project investment policy.

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