On July 3, the Government Office announced that it had issued Notice No. 342/TB-VPCP on the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on the implementation of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway construction investment project.
In the announcement, the Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged the efforts of the Ministry of Construction, ministries, branches, localities and relevant agencies and units in the preparation of project investment in the recent past; especially welcomed the localities that have proactively and actively implemented a step of site clearance for the project.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to clearly define their responsibilities, promote the spirit of proactiveness, creativity, and urgent implementation of assigned tasks; in the immediate future, focus on completing investment preparation procedures, site clearance and resettlement.
Select a number of important items ( terminals, resettlement areas) to organize a groundbreaking ceremony and kick-off ceremony in 2025 according to the Government's request in Resolution No. 127/NQ-CP dated May 13, 2025.
The Ministry of Construction focuses on accelerating the progress of project investment preparation, especially in the work of surveying, preparing a Pre-Feasibility Study Report, and negotiating a Loan Agreement for the project.
Continue to work with localities to unify the scale and route direction as a basis for implementing the project's site clearance; proactively support localities to solve difficulties in planning, site clearance and resettlement for the project.
The Ministry of Finance shall preside over guiding localities to proactively provide capital or support capital advances or propose reasonable budget adjustment plans for localities in difficulty to ensure progress; coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to review and agree on central budget capital plans, ensuring timely, sufficient and appropriate allocation to the right subjects.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment guides localities to carry out compensation, support, and resettlement; conversion of forest land and rice land according to regulations and specific mechanisms permitted by the National Assembly.
Localities where projects pass through urgently complete land inventory, prepare compensation and resettlement plans, approve according to authority; proactively contribute capital to local budgets to carry out compensation, support and resettlement work.
In case the locality has difficulties in capital, urgently send the Ministry of Finance for capital needs to synthesize and report to the Prime Minister.
Localities selected resettlement areas and terminals that are capable of starting construction on schedule, sent to the Ministry of Construction for synthesis and reporting to the Prime Minister.
The Ministry of Construction synthesizes and reports to the Prime Minister on the implementation status, shortcomings, difficulties, obstacles, solutions and project implementation plans in the coming time; note, it is necessary to clearly report the time and items expected to start construction in 2025.
According to Resolution 187/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly, the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project, about 419km long, starts at the rail connection location across the border (Lao Cai province), ends at Lach Huyen station (Hai Phong) with a total capital of 203,231 billion VND (equivalent to 8.37 billion USD), starting in December 2025 and striving to complete by 2030 at the latest.
