Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai today (August 31) signed an urgent document to the Prime Minister on submitting the overall pre-feasibility study report for the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 project. Accordingly, the project contributes to the socio-economic development of the provinces in the Southeast region, the Southern key economic region and has very important inter-regional traffic connectivity in solving the circulation of goods and reducing logistics costs. The route is about 207km long, passing through 5 provinces and cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Long An, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau. The total estimated investment is nearly 130,000 billion VND and this is considered the largest road project in the Southeast region to date.

Map of the general route of Ho Chi Minh City's Ring Road 4. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport

Specifically, currently, Ho Chi Minh City and related provinces have organized the establishment and basically completed the pre-feasibility study report of the Ring Road 4 construction projects. Specifically, the total length of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 is about 207km (Ba Ria - Vung Tau 18.23km; Dong Nai 45.54km; Binh Duong 47.45km; Ho Chi Minh City 17.3km; Long An 78.3km). In phase 1, the project scale will implement site clearance at one time according to the approved plan with a complete 4-lane expressway cross-section, arranging continuous emergency lanes along the entire route (3m wide). On the route, 23 interconnecting intersections will be built, including 4 in Ho Chi Minh City, 6 in Long An, 3 in Ba Ria - Vung Tau, 6 in Dong Nai and 4 in Binh Duong. At the same time, the project will invest in building parallel roads and residential roads on both sides of the route according to the traffic needs of each section and each locality (sections passing through urban areas, residential areas, etc.). According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the total estimated investment of the project is about 128,063 billion VND, expected to include 39,827 billion VND from the central budget and 30,882 billion VND from the local budget. Of which, the section passing through Ho Chi Minh City has an investment capital of about 14,089 billion VND; Long An 67,024 billion VND; Ba Ria - Vung Tau 7,972 billion VND; Dong Nai 19,151 billion VND; Binh Duong 19,827 billion VND. The planned budget allocation for the project in the 2021-2025 period is 15,843 billion VND; in the 2026-2030 period is 54,867 billion VND.

Image of the future Ring Road 4 of Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport

Recently, at the meeting on August 26, the Minister of Planning and Investment agreed with the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and 4 related provinces on a number of contents to speed up the investment progress of the construction of Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4. In the spirit of the meeting, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has established a working group to prepare, advise and submit the project investment policy. At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City has sent an official dispatch requesting the People's Committees of the provinces to focus highly and urgently coordinate to complete the pre-feasibility study report and submit it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before September 10.
In order to promptly implement and meet the urgent schedule, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just proposed to the Prime Minister to approve the policy of preparing a pre-feasibility study report for the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 project. In addition, the city will study and propose specific mechanisms and policies applicable to the entire route. Ho Chi Minh City will take the lead in coordinating with localities and related units to study and complete the dossier, submit it to competent authorities for appraisal and submit it to the National Assembly for decision on the investment policy in the upcoming October session. The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also proposed that the Prime Minister assign the Ministry of Planning and Investment to take the lead in advising on the appraisal of the pre-feasibility study report according to regulations; report to the Prime Minister on the balance and allocation of central budget capital for the project; report to the National Assembly Standing Committee to register the working program in the October 2024 session. According to the plan, to ensure the progress of submitting investment policies to the National Assembly for decision, from now until October, localities must urgently complete a series of tasks and procedures.

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