Many years unfinished
The project to build the Ring Road 2.5, Dam Hong - National Highway 1A section (Hoang Mai district) is invested in the form of a BT (build - transfer) contract with a length of 2.06km, with a total investment of more than 1,300 billion VND.
The project started in 2014 and was expected to be completed in 2017 but was behind schedule. In 2020, the project was temporarily suspended when it had only reached about 40% of the workload. The reason is that the contract implementation period has not been extended, and the adjusted feasibility study report has not been approved.
According to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, after more than 10 years since the start of construction, the project is still unfinished. Many sections of the road have become garbage dumps, construction material storage areas; the dusty sun and mud make people extremely upset. Voters in Hoang Mai district have repeatedly reported this situation to the National Assembly delegations, the City People's Council, and the District People's Council.
In Thanh Tri district, the overpass at the Pham Tu - Phan Trong Tue - Phuc La intersection is an important item of the traffic investment project surrounding the Chu Van An Memorial Site (now Pham Tu Street) connecting from Ring Road 3 to Phan Trong Tue Street (Provincial Road 70).
After 5 years of operation, Pham Tu Street has been blocked by site clearance, so the overpass cannot be implemented, turning Pham Tu - Road 70 - Phuc La intersection into a traffic jam hot spot in the city, causing difficulties for people to travel.
Explaining the reason why the overpass at the intersection of Provincial Road 70 has been delayed for many years, a representative of the Hanoi Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board said that the problem is that the project still has 111 households that have not been cleared, including 13 households in Ha Dong district and 98 households in Thanh Tri district.
Construction is about to resume
To promptly remove obstacles in the project, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh has assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to urgently guide the Thanh Tri District People's Committee to implement the resettlement land allocation limit, and report to the city if it exceeds its authority.
The Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee also requested Thanh Tri and Ha Dong districts to speed up the site clearance progress, including resolving problems at the Phan Trong Tue intersection (Road 70) by June 2025 and completing the construction of the intersection with Phan Trong Tue Street in 2025.
For the investment project to build the Ring Road 2.5 (Dam Hong - National Highway 1A section) under the form of a BT contract, at the end of 2024, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee chaired a meeting with relevant departments, branches and sectors, "hotly instructing" to urgently re-sign the BT contract appendix of this project under the form of a BT contract.
On February 24, 2025, the Hanoi People's Committee issued Decision No. 902/QD-UBND on authorizing the signing of the appendix to the construction - transfer (BT) contract of the Ring Road 2.5 construction investment project (Dam Hong - National Highway 1A section) under the form of a BT contract.
Accordingly, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee authorized (from the signing date to the end of the first quarter of 2026) the City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board to sign a BT contract for the Ring Road 2.5 investment project (Dam Hong - National Highway 1A section) under the form of a BT contract according to the content approved by the City People's Committee.
A representative of Hoang Ha Construction Company Limited (investor) affirmed that the company has prepared human resources, equipment and funding to carry out the remaining work of the Ring Road 2.5 project. It is expected that in March 2025, immediately after signing the contract appendix with the Hanoi Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, the company will launch a construction campaign, ensuring the route is open in sync with the progress of the Kim Dong - Giai Phong underpass project.
