On October 21, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province issued a document approving the proposed investors of the Long Hung Bridge Construction Investment Project and the Cat Lai Bridge Construction Investment Project under the public-private partnership method.
Accordingly, the Chairman of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee has commented and approved the assignment of Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC as the investor to propose the Cat Lai bridge and access road project...
Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC is responsible for the project proposal, coordinating with the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board to receive the dossier under study, proactively coordinating with relevant departments, branches and localities to complete the project investment proposal dossier.
In particular, evaluate and compare project contract forms to report to competent authorities for decision, as a basis for calculating the total investment of the project ( note to calculate correctly and fully compensation costs, resettlement support, construction costs). Establish a project implementation progress table (including: work to be carried out, implementation time, responsibilities of units, legal basis), send project investment policy proposal documents, along with implementation progress table to the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board before October 31, 2025.
For the Long Hung Bridge Project (Dong Nai Bridge 2) and access roads, in terms of policy, support the project implementation of Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC, the unit coordinates with departments and localities where the project is located to study the project route, study and update relevant plans, determine preliminary compensation and resettlement support costs, land use needs, affected household numbers, resettlement needs, compare project contract forms, etc.
After agreeing with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to assign the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee as the competent authority to implement the Long Hung bridge project (Dong Nai 2 bridge), it will consider assigning the project proposal unit according to the provisions of the PPP Law.
Previously, on September 9, Vice Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Ha chaired a working session with departments and branches to listen to Construction Corporation No. 1 propose investment projects to build Cat Lai ferry bridge (Cat Lai bridge) and Long Hung bridge (Dong Nai 2 bridge).
For the Long Hung bridge project, CC1 proposed a route plan of more than 11.7 km long; starting point intersecting with Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 at Go Cong intersection (Long Phuoc Ward, Ho Chi Minh City); ending point intersecting with National Highway 51 (An Phuoc Commune, Dong Nai Province). Of which, Long Hung Bridge is more than 2.3 km long, the approach road in Ho Chi Minh City is more than 3.8 km long and the main route in Dong Nai province is more than 5.5 km long.
The investor also proposed 2 investment options for the project in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), option 1 is a BOT contract and option 2 is a slow-payment BT contract. The total investment of the project is nearly 11,000 billion VND.
For the Cat Lai bridge project, CC1 proposed that the project have a total length of more than 11.6 km, of which Cat Lai bridge is 4.7 km long, with a preliminary total investment of more than VND 18,800 billion (excluding interest during construction).
Regarding the form of investment, CC1 proposes investment in the form of PPP, in which option 1 is a BOT and BT contract paid by state budget; option 2 is a BT contract paid by state budget and option 3 is a BT contract paid by land fund. Option 1 is the option recommended by the investor.
