16 years without completing the "bottleneck" section of National Highway 1
The project to expand Hanoi Highway and National Highway 1 is 15.7 km long (from Saigon Bridge to Tan Van intersection), started in April 2010 in BOT form, with a scale of 12 - 16 lanes.
To date, the two sections from Saigon Bridge to Tram 2 intersection have been basically completed, helping to significantly reduce congestion in the East of Ho Chi Minh City.
However, the remaining section from Station 2 to Tan Van, especially the 2.2 km long section from Tan Van to the new Mien Dong Bus Station, has been "stalled" for many years.
This bottleneck has caused the road to fall into a "bottleneck" situation, the road surface is degraded, and vehicles are congested for a long time.
This section has 201 affected households (about 17 hectares), but compensation has only been paid to 55 households. Most of the remaining area has not been handed over, causing the project to be temporarily suspended.
The main reason is the difference in agricultural land unit prices between Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong before the merger. Currently, functional agencies are adjusting unit prices and completing compensation plans.
It is expected that the plan will be approved in the second quarter of 2026, paid from the third quarter, restarted construction in the fourth quarter of 2026 and completed in 2027.
Luong Dinh Cua Street
Started in 2015, the project to upgrade and expand Luong Dinh Cua road, 2.5 km long (from Tran Nao to An Phu intersection), with a total capital of about 826 billion VND, has not yet been completed after 11 years.
In particular, the section more than 500 m long from Nguyen Hoang street to An Phu intersection has become a "bottleneck", often congested due to direct connection with major traffic axes such as Mai Chi Tho, Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway and Nguyen Thi Dinh street.
The reason is that the land area of more than 2.2 hectares overlaps with the An Phu Development Urban Area project. For many years, the city and the investor have not agreed on the responsibility for compensation payment.
This land is also within the scope of the An Phu intersection project - a key 3-story project, with a capital of over 3,400 billion VND.
The An Phu intersection project is expected to be basically completed by the end of June 2026; the N1. 2 branch (from Luong Dinh Cua to the expressway) can be completed in November 2026 if sufficient land is handed over in March 2026.
To remove difficulties, the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board (Traffic Board) proposed adjusting the boundary, merging the 2.2 ha area into the Luong Dinh Cua road project and advanced about 1,800 billion VND in compensation.
When land is available, units will deploy the construction of branch N1. 2, complete the entire route and at the same time handle legal procedures.
Pham Van Bach street "suspended" for nearly 20 years
The Pham Van Bach road expansion project (old Tan Binh district, now Tan Son ward) was approved in 2005, but has not been completed yet.
Initially, the project had a total capital of more than 273 billion VND, implemented in the form of "The State and people working together". However, after many adjustments, the total investment has increased to about 680 billion VND, mainly due to compensation costs at market prices.
The project affects 702 cases. Among them, the Tan Son branch road has been completed since 2009, while the Pham Van Bach branch, 3.2 km long, has only reached about 66% of the volume, and 56 households have not yet handed over the site.
The section from Truong Chinh street to Tran Thai Tong street cannot be constructed; the section from Tran Thai Tong to Hy Vong canal reached about 71% of the volume, and the section from Hy Vong canal to Huynh Van Nghe street reached 56%. From the end of 2019 to now, the project has been temporarily suspended.
In addition, the 659m long Tan Son road expansion section (belonging to the Pham Van Bach road expansion project) is also "stuck" due to nearly 4,300 m2 of defense land managed by Factory A41 and the Logistics Department.
Currently, the Traffic Board has proposed that the locality continue to mobilize people to hand over the land, and at the same time propose that the Ministry of National Defense approve the recovery of the related land. If resolved, the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027.
