Morning news 11-3: Speeding up the progress of the Southern traffic project; Building the highest bridge in Vietnam

Notable news: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested to speed up the progress of the Southern traffic project; It takes 15 months to complete Phuoc Khanh bridge on Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway and is the highest bridge in Vietnam; What diseases do the elderly in Ho Chi Minh City suffer from?

Ground plan of a section of Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway - Photo: TTO

It takes 15 months to complete Phuoc Khanh Bridge - the highest bridge in Vietnam.

Vietnam Expressway Corporation (investor) said it is bidding to find a contractor to construct package J3-1 (to carry out the remaining work of Phuoc Khanh cable-stayed bridge) on the Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway.

According to the bidding documents, the package is worth more than 636 billion VND, and is being widely bid online with the bid opening date being March 24. The contractor will have 15 months to perform the contract.

Phuoc Khanh Bridge and Binh Khanh Bridge on the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway both have a clearance of 55m. These are the two bridges with the highest clearance in the country to date.

Phuoc Khanh Bridge was previously implemented by the joint venture Sumitomo Mitsui (Japan) - Cienco 4 (Vietnam). In 2022, the investor and contractor J3 terminated the contract when the package volume reached 80.7%.

Recently, the bidding process to find a contractor to continue this package has been prolonged due to the adjustment of the policy from using Japanese ODA capital to VEC's own capital arrangement. This is a key package that determines the opening date of the entire 58km Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway connecting the Eastern and Western regions of the South.

What diseases do the elderly in Ho Chi Minh City often suffer from and how do they participate in health check-ups?

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said it has issued a plan to implement a health check-up program and early detection of non-communicable diseases among the elderly in the city by 2025.

2024 is the first year the city has implemented health check-ups for the elderly. As of the end of December 2024, localities have examined 329,330 elderly people out of a total of 1,001,575 people aged 60 and over.

The City Department of Health recorded that 61.6% of the elderly who had been examined had high blood pressure, 25.68% of the elderly had or were suspected of having diabetes, 0.26% of the elderly had moderate to severe depression and anxiety...

In 2025, the City will allow public and private medical examination and treatment facilities with operating licenses, trained staff, and declared qualified by the Department of Health to provide examinations (medical stations, medical centers, general hospitals, and general clinics) to participate in the elderly health examination program.

According to the Department of Health, the cost of medical examination and screening for the elderly at a health station is 148,100 VND; at a general clinic it is 195,900 VND; at a medical center (grade 3) it is 199,200 VND; at a medical center and grade 2 hospital it is 204,400 VND and at a grade 1 hospital it is 210,000 VND.

Urge adequate supply of materials, speed up progress of key transport projects in the South

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the People's Committees of provinces with material mines to continue to strictly implement the direction of the Government leaders; have solutions to immediately handle arising problems at the grassroots level, not to delay, affecting the progress of key transport projects in the area.

Specifically, the People's Committee of Tien Giang province noted to complete licensing procedures for sand mines with a reserve of 8.3 million ^m3 before March 15, 2025 to supply the Can Tho - Ca Mau project (0.6 million ^m3 ), component project 2 Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang (4.6 million ^m3 ), and Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project (3.1 million ^m3 ).

At the same time, identify sufficient sources and complete exploitation procedures before March 15, 2025 for 2.5 million ^m3 of sand to supply the Can Tho - Ca Mau project (1.4 million ^m3 ), Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project (1.1 million ^m3 ).

An Giang Provincial People's Committee will complete exploitation procedures in March 2025 to supply enough 3 million ^m3 of sand according to the assigned target for component project 1 of Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang expressway.

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In addition, complete procedures to increase Antraco's stone mine reserves (over 2 million ^m3 ) before March 15, prioritizing supply for the Can Tho - Ca Mau project to be completed in 2025, the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang project to be completed in 2026 and other projects in the region.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the People's Committee of Soc Trang province to seriously learn from the experience of the delay in the progress of the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang Expressway component 4 project, take full responsibility before the Prime Minister for the progress of implementation and balance of local material sources to supply this project.

Kien Giang province urgently completes procedures for exploiting sea sand before March 15 to supply for the Ho Chi Minh road project, Rach Soi - Ben Nhat, Go Quao - Vinh Thuan sections.

The hobby of "raising pets" is rapidly increasing the number of people infected with worms from cats and dogs.

Discovering long, zigzag marks in the palm of her hand along with itchy rashes all over her body, the female patient tested positive for dog and cat roundworms - Photo: BVCC

A representative of Dang Van Ngu Hospital said that in 2023, this hospital alone received 15,000 people infected with dog roundworm, while hospitals with similar functions in Quy Nhon and Ho Chi Minh City also had a similar number of cases. By 2024, Dang Van Ngu Hospital alone received 19,000 cases of dog roundworm, the largest number in recent years.

In addition, the number of infections with other types of worms from animals such as dog tapeworm, schistosomiasis, liver fluke, pork tapeworm larvae... all increased. In particular, the number of liver fluke infections recorded in 2024 was twice as high as in 2023, the number of dog tapeworm infections was three times higher than in 2023...

Explaining the reason for the increase in the number of people infected with worms, Dr. Hoang Dinh Canh, director of the hospital, said that the increase in pet owners while hygiene for pets is not guaranteed is the leading cause, the second is that people are more aware of going to the doctor and getting treatment.

On this occasion, Dang Van Ngu Hospital said it had put into operation an on-demand medical examination area, with 3 specialized examination rooms and testing equipment, reducing the number of waiting patients and improving the quality of treatment.

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