Beltway 3 through Ho Chi Minh City is more than 47km long, of which the section through Thu Duc City is more than 14km long, designed as an elevated road with 4 lanes in phase 1.
This route connects from Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway, passes through Thu Duc City and ends at Tan Van intersection (Binh Duong).
On December 29, at the XL3 package (over 3km long) - one of the 5 packages passing through Thu Duc City, hundreds of engineers and workers are urgently constructing the viaduct piers and installing beams.
Up to now, after more than 18 months of construction, the project has installed girders in many sections of the overpass, especially the area passing through Vinhomes Grand Park urban area.
Package XL3 has reached nearly 40% of the work volume, while the remaining 4 packages have reached 15 - 20%.
Mr. Pham Van Thang - Deputy General Director of Thai Yen Construction Investment Joint Stock Company - a member of the consortium implementing the XL3 package, shared: "We are trying to organize construction in 3 shifts, working through Tet to ensure completion by the end of 2025".
Although construction has made much progress, site clearance still has some problems. The section through Vinhomes Grand Park has not been completely handed over due to 4 households.
Thu Duc City People's Committee commits to complete the handover of the site before December 31, 2024 so as not to affect the overall progress.
At the launching ceremony of the emulation campaign “365 days and nights to speed up the construction progress of the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project” on the morning of December 29, Mr. Le Ngoc Hung - Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, said that the entire Ring Road 3 route through the city has reached about 30% of the volume.
The elevated road section through Thu Duc City will be technically completed and opened to traffic on December 31, 2025.
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong emphasized: "We need to focus maximum resources, both human resources and equipment, and strengthen coordination between contractors to overcome difficulties. With more than 14km of elevated road through Thu Duc, the goal is not only to open it to technical traffic but also to put it into operation by the end of 2025."
Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 has a total length of 76km, passing through Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, with a total investment of more than 75,378 billion VND.
The section through Ho Chi Minh City alone has a total investment capital of 41,387 billion VND, of which site clearance costs account for 18,975 billion VND.
In addition to the section through Thu Duc City, completion milestones of other sections in the project have also been determined.
On April 30, 2025, the section from Nhon Trach Bridge to Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway will be completed and put into operation.
In December 2025, the expressway section through Long An, from Kenh Thay Thuoc bridge to Ben Luc intersection will be open to traffic.
By April 30, 2026, the sections of Ring Road 3 through Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts (HCMC) will be open to traffic along with the sections through Dong Nai and Binh Duong.
In December 2026, the entire Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 expressway will be officially completed and open to traffic.
