According to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper on May 9, the land for the implementation of the Rach Mieu 2 bridge resettlement area (in Giap Nuoc Hamlet, Phuoc Thanh Commune, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province) has not yet started construction.
According to the investigation of Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, on March 26, 2024, the People's Committee of Tien Giang province issued Decision No. 522 approving the resettlement area for the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge construction investment project (abbreviated as the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge resettlement area project in Tien Giang). This project is invested by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Tien Giang province, with an implementation period from 2024 - 2025, with a total investment of more than 377 billion VND.
Talking to the reporter of the Lao Dong newspaper on phone on 9.5, Mr. Tran Thanh Ba - Director of Tien Giang Land Development Center - said that the reason for the project of Rach Mieu 2 bridge resettlement area in Tien Giang has not yet started due to an enterprise complaining the bidding results. Up to now, the authorities have had the results of settlement, if within the time of the law that the enterprise has no complaint, it will organize a contract to construct the construction of this project bidding package, which is expected by the end of May 5.2025 to start construction.
Director of the Tien Giang Province Land Fund Development Center Tran Thanh Ba also added that the site clearance work at the resettlement area of the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge Construction Investment Project in Tien Giang Province has been 100% completed.
"Tien Giang is lacking capital to pay compensation for people influenced by the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge project and the Rach Mieu 2 Bridge Resettlement Project in Tien Giang. The reason is that My Thuan Project Management Board (Ministry of Construction) has not handed over to the locality with the total amount of more than 139 billion VND.
Previously, on April 10, 2025, the People's Committee of Tien Giang province issued Official Letter No. 2420 to the Ministry of Construction on the allocation of capital to implement the sub-project of compensation, support and resettlement for the investment project to build the Rach Mieu 2 bridge project connecting Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces (in Tien Giang province).
According to this dispatch, the People's Committee of Tien Giang province proposed the Ministry of Construction to arrange more capital of more than VND 139 billion, including additional compensation and support for households affecting the project, temporary money for households who are eligible for resettlement and money to build the item to improve the hammock of the 110kV Cai Lay - My Tho 2 influence by the project, the construction of the construction of the project, the construction of the project, the construction of the project, the construction of the project, the project of resettlement, the project of the project of resettlement, the cost of resettlement, the cost of the project of resettlement, the cost of resettlement, the cost of the expenses of the expenses of the expenses of the expenses of the expenses of the expenses of the project.
The Rach Mieu 2 Bridge project has a starting point at the intersection between National Highway 1 and Provincial Road 870 in Chau Thanh District, Tien Giang Province, and an end point connecting to National Highway 60 at the Ham Luong Bridge approach road in Ben Tre Province. This project has a scale of 4 lanes, a design speed of 80km/h, with a total investment of more than 6,810 billion VND. On April 19, the Ministry of Construction coordinated with the People's Committees of Tien Giang province and Ben Tre province to organize a closing ceremony for the Rach Mieu 2 bridge project, which is expected to be completed in early September 2025.
