On the morning of May 12, in Thai Binh province, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong expressway project through Nam Dinh and Thai Binh provinces under the PPP method and the Hung Phu industrial park project (Tien Hai district), according to the Government Electronic Information Portal.
The Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway (CT.08 Expressway) has a total length of 117 km and passes through the Northern coastal provinces. This is a very important strategic traffic axis, helping to connect the provinces in the south of the Red River, North Central with the Lach Huyen International Gate Port (Hai Phong) and coastal provinces in the Red River Delta.
In addition, the route also connects with Cat Bi and Van Don international airports, seaports and Mong Cai international border gates, enhancing traffic connectivity in the area and between the Northern Coast localities, opening up new development space for the Southern region of the Red River Delta and the North Central region in general and the provinces of Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh in particular.
In particular, the section passing Ninh Binh has implemented public investment, the section through Hai Phong has assigned Hai Phong to deploy. The section through Nam Dinh and Thai Binh provinces has a total investment (including loan interest) nearly VND 20,000 billion, invested in construction in the form of public -private partnership (PPP), meeting the highway standards with an investment scale of 4 complete lanes, design speeds of 120 km/h, 24.75 m wide road floor; The route has a length of about 60.9 km, of which the section passing Nam Dinh province is 27.6 km long and the section through Thai Binh province is about 33.3 km long.
The project implementation period is from 2023, basically completed in 2027, and put into operation from 2028.
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed these as two important projects, very meaningful to Thai Binh province and the region, contributing to the celebration of the 135th anniversary of the birth of the great President Ho Chi Minh.
The Prime Minister emphasized that the implementation of the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong Expressway Project will contribute to the implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies on infrastructure development as one of three strategic breakthroughs; create motivation to promote regional links and provincial links, create motivation, open new development space for the province and for the Northern coastal region; development of industrial parks, attracting investment; effectively exploiting land fund; promote exchanges, reduce travel time, logistics costs ...
According to the Prime Minister, the Ninh Binh - Hai Phong expressway project through Nam Dinh and Thai Binh provinces has a large total investment and a long toll collection time.
To be eligible to start this project, the Prime Minister said that the agencies had to work together to handle a large amount of work, solving many difficulties and problems.
The Prime Minister requested investors and contractors to fulfill their commitments and urgently mobilize maximum machinery and human resources to organize construction.
Relevant ministries and branches will cut down the maximum time for administrative procedures; closely coordinate with localities, proactively remove difficulties and obstacles according to their authority and according to the provisions of law.
Promoting experience from high -speed projects across the country, the Prime Minister proposed to shorten the time, strive to exceed the progress of the highway project through Nam Dinh and Thai Binh for at least 6 months, strive to complete in 2026, bring the road to exploitation soon, the beneficial Thai Binh province is beneficial, the Red River Delta region is beneficial and the people soon enjoy the results.
