On July 15, the Government Office announced that it had just issued Document No. 6524/VPCP-CN conveying the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on accelerating the investment progress in the construction of the coastal road system.
Considering the proposal of the Ministry of Construction on the investment situation in the construction of the coastal road system of Vietnam (project), the Deputy Prime Minister requested the provinces and cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Gia Lai, An Giang, Ca Mau to implement projects with a plan to complete in 2025 to speed up the project progress to soon complete and put into operation.
The provinces and cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Vinh Long, Dong Thap, An Giang, Ca Mau are implementing projects with a plan to complete after 2025 and projects under investment preparation (especially ODA projects) continue to speed up investment preparation and construction to complete in the period of 2026-2030.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to synthesize, monitor, grasp the situation, proactively urge localities in the process of performing tasks; promptly report to competent authorities to remove difficulties and obstacles if any.
According to the report of the Ministry of Construction, the coastal road has been oriented in the road network planning, with a total length of 2,838 km, with a minimum scale of level III and IV roads.
The route of the coastal road is formed on the basis of combining national highways (about 623 km under the road network planning) and local routes (about 2,215 km under the provincial planning).
Coastal roads are not part of the national highway system (except for sections that are used to coincide with national highways and expressways), so according to the provisions of the law on roads and the state budget, localities with the authority to plan, manage, invest and maintain coastal roads.
As of June 2025, about 1,397 km nationwide have been put into operation (including 595 km of the section overlapping with national highways; 802 km of the section overlapping with local roads).
Currently, localities are constructing about 633 km, expected to complete about 239 km in 2025 and about 394 km after 2025.
