Speed ​​up shortening the roads

Continuing the momentum of 2023, a series of expressways, national highways, and backbone gateway roads connecting localities across the country will continue to be started and completed in 2024.

Speeding up

On the morning of the first day of the new year (January 1), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave the order to start the construction of the Dong Dang (Lang Son province) - Tra Linh (Cao Bang province) expressway project. The project is 93.35 km long, starting at the Tan Thanh border gate intersection (Van Lang district, Lang Son) and ending at the National Highway 3 intersection in Chi Thao commune (Quang Hoa district, Cao Bang). With a total investment of more than 14,330 billion VND, this is the largest-scale transport infrastructure construction project invested in Cao Bang - a place with a border line adjacent to China of more than 333 km long, but without a railway or airport.

The newly inaugurated My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway helps shorten the distance from Ho Chi Minh City to the capital of the Western region by 50 km compared to present.

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According to Mr. Tran Hong Minh - Secretary of Cao Bang Provincial Party Committee, the completion of Dong Dang - Tra Linh Expressway will promote inter-regional and inter-national trade and tourism, bringing Cao Bang to develop rapidly and sustainably, consolidating national defense and security, connecting Cao Bang with border provinces, international economic, political and cultural centers. Dong Dang - Tra Linh Expressway is also one of 14 expressway projects that the transport sector is urgently completing procedures to start construction this year, following the achievements of the North - South expressway network in 2023. The Ministry of Transport said that in 2024, the Ministry will start construction of 3 expressway projects: Dau Giay - Tan Phu, Lo Te - Rach Soi, Cho Moi - Bac Kan. At the same time, coordinate and support localities to complete documents to start construction of 11 expressway projects assigned by localities as the managing agencies, including: Dong Dang - Tra Linh, Lang Son - Huu Nghi Border Gate, Tan Phu - Bao Loc, Bao Loc - Lien Khuong, Ninh Binh - Hai Phong section through Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh - Hai Phong section through Nam Dinh and Thai Binh, Gia Nghia - Chon Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City - Chon Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai, Hoa Binh - Moc Chau and Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4. 2024 is also the "destination" that the component projects of Dien Chau - Bai Vot, Cam Lam - Vinh Hao sections on the North - South expressway, phase 1, are striving to complete and put into operation. It is expected that in just a few months, the Cam Lam - Vinh Hao expressway will connect the Nha Trang - Cam Lam section with Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet, shortening the journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang to only 4 - 5 hours. Similarly, at the northern end, the Dien Chau - Bai Vot expressway is also the final piece to complete the 221 km network picture from Cao Bo - Mai Son - National Highway 45 - Nghi Son - Dien Chau - Bai Vot to connect with the two routes Phap Van - Cau Gie and Cau Gie - Ninh Binh, shortening the travel time from Hanoi to Ha Tinh to about 4 hours and 30 minutes, instead of 7 - 8 hours as before.

Open the gateway, close the belt

Along with the expressways, many new sections of the Ho Chi Minh Road are also being invested in by the Ministry of Transport this year. For example, after the Ho Chi Minh Road project, Cho Chu - Trung Son Intersection (nearly 29 km long), was approved by the Ministry of Transport for investment projects and bidding plans for a number of packages, units are implementing the design of construction drawings, estimates, contractor selection, striving to start the project in the first quarter of this year. After Tet is also the expected time to start construction of the Rach Soi - Ben Nhat and Go Quao - Vinh Thuan sections. The technical design and estimate work of the two projects has been completed, and contractors are being selected for construction... Meanwhile, in localities, the beltway, national highway, and gateway systems are also being rapidly invested in and expanded, ready to connect to the expressway network. Typically in Ho Chi Minh City, people in the south of the city are looking forward to June to free up part of the "painful" intersection of Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho. The plan of the City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board is that the bunker section of more than 200 m from the beginning of the intersection extending towards Phu My Hung towards District 7 (Ho Chi Minh City) will be dismantled in June, then the entire project will be completed, including the remaining 300 m of barriers by the end of 2024. After completion, this project of more than 830 billion VND will open a connecting road from the center of Ho Chi Minh City to Ring Road 2 - which has just been approved in principle - to close the remaining sections. The airport gateway area, the road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan - Cong Hoa (Tan Binh District) is also making efforts to speed up, completing this year in time to welcome Tan Son Nhat T3 terminal. Meanwhile, in the east, Nam Ly Bridge (Thu Duc City) has reached the final stage, expected to open to traffic this year, ending nearly a decade of hardship since construction began in 2016, with a period of "shelving" for up to 4 years waiting for land. This nearly 1,000 billion VND bridge, once completed, will increase the ability to connect Hanoi Highway with Ho Chi Minh City - Dau Giay Expressway, contributing to reducing traffic congestion on Do Xuan Hop Street during rush hour. Right next to Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong province is also speeding up the progress of 2 projects to upgrade and expand National Highway 13 and build the Bac Tan Uyen - Phu Giao - Bau Bang dynamic road. These two major projects are expected to be completed and put into use in 2024, connecting 3 northern districts of Binh Duong and expanding the trade connection road with Ho Chi Minh City. In a recent telegram sent to the Ministries of Transport, Finance, Planning and Investment, etc., Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the spirit of the transport sector when, even during the 2024 New Year holidays, on key transport projects across the country, officials, employees and workers of investors, project management boards, construction contractors and consulting contractors were still working enthusiastically. The Prime Minister requested that the units continue the momentum from 2023, continue to overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and strive to speed up the construction progress of projects in the new year 2024.

One of the 3 breakthroughs

Developing a synchronous and modern infrastructure is one of the three strategic breakthroughs, in which developing transport infrastructure is an important pillar. Wherever the road goes, new development space is opened up. Wherever the road goes, people will have convenient access. Wherever the road goes, industrial parks and rural areas will develop accordingly.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh

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