On March 9, at the Government headquarters, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Head of the State Steering Committee for important national projects and works, key to the transport sector - chaired the 16th meeting of the Steering Committee.
In his opening speech, the Prime Minister stated that one of the important solutions to achieve growth of 8% is to focus resources on completing a synchronous, modern strategic infrastructure, opening up and effectively using public investment.
Taking public investment as a lead for private investment, activating all other resources. In public investment, investment in traffic works accounts for a large proportion.
In 2025, it is necessary to complete the goal of having at least 3,000 km of expressway and 1,000 km of coastal road nationwide, basically opening the expressway from Cao Bang through Lang Son to Ca Mau; basically completing Long Thanh airport, Tan Son Nhat T3 terminal, Lach Huyen port...
Some transport projects are expected to be completed in 2027 but can be strived to complete earlier if there are opportunities and favorable conditions.
The Prime Minister also reiterated the request to ministries, agencies and localities to urgently complete the allocation of the entire state budget investment plan for 2025, to be completed before March 15, 2025.
In case of failure to allocate on time, the Government will recover the unallocated central budget capital to allocate to other projects that need capital to speed up progress and review and handle responsibilities.
Strive to save an additional 10% of regular expenditure in 2025 compared to the annual estimate to focus on the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project.
The head of the Government requested ministries, branches and localities to review projects; report difficulties and problems that need to be further resolved, especially raw materials for key transport projects in the Mekong Delta; site clearance, handover, relocation of technical infrastructure; procedures and construction status of projects.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister commended and welcomed Ho Chi Minh City for officially inaugurating metro line No. 1 on the same morning.
According to the Ministry of Construction, at the 15th meeting on December 6, 2024, the Prime Minister assigned 33 tasks to ministries, branches and localities, focusing on removing difficulties and obstacles, speeding up investment preparation procedures for projects.
To date, the units have completed 22 tasks on time, including a number of important tasks.
Regarding the implementation of expressway projects planned to be completed in 2025 to achieve the target of having 3,000 km of expressway nationwide, the Ministry of Construction, localities and Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) are currently implementing the construction of 28 component projects/projects with a total length of about 1,188 km, expected to be completed in 2025.
Of which, there are 16 projects with a total length of 786 km being implemented closely following the completion plan in 2025. Many projects with favorable conditions will strive to shorten the construction time by 3 to 6 months compared to the contract (of which the Ministry of Construction has 14 projects/760 km, localities have 2 projects/26 km).
However, 12 projects with a total length of 402 km still face difficulties in site clearance, and construction materials need to be drastic, focus on dismantling and organizing "3 shifts, 4 teams" to be completed in 2025 (of which the Ministry of Construction has 3 projects/129 km, localities have 9 projects/273 km).
