The investment project to build Van Phuc bridge across the Red River was started on August 19, 2025.
The starting point of the route intersects with National Highway 32, Phuc Tho commune; the end point of the route connects with the traffic route project connecting from the left dike of the Red River to Van Phuc bridge (the administrative border between Hanoi and Phu Tho).
The project has a construction scale of a road length of 7.77 km, designed according to the standards of a grade III plain road, with a design speed of 80 km/h.
The scope of the road connecting Van Phuc bridge to National Highway 32 (4.81 km long) has a roadbed width of 32 m, ensuring the scale of 6 lanes for motor vehicles and 2 lanes for non-motorized vehicles.
The Van Phuc bridge is 2.97 km long (overpass in Van Coc lake area, approach bridge, main bridge across river) with a width of 20.5 m, ensuring the scale of 4 lanes for motor vehicles and 2 lanes for rudimentary vehicles.
This is a group A project, with a total investment including site clearance of about VND 3,443 billion. Of which, the construction cost is VND2,613 billion. The Hanoi Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board is the investor.
Regarding site clearance, the total area reclaimed in Phuc Loc and Phuc Tho communes is about 19.55ha, agricultural land is 12.19ha, public land is 6.43ha, residential land is 0.93ha; about 422 plans are expected to be reclaimed; Phuc Loc commune has about 146 agricultural land plans; Phuc Tho commune is inspecting and controlling owners. Of which, about 3.87/19,55ha of the site has been received, reaching 20%.
According to the investor, it is expected to complete all site clearance work in June 2026.
Regarding construction work, the construction period according to the contract is 26 months, to be completed in 2027.
According to the Hanoi Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, after starting the construction, the contractors (in the lead being VNVC E&C Company) have built construction sites, abutments, and temporary bridges to prepare for the construction of bored piles.
It is expected to complete the component structure around December 2026; complete the component structure around October 2027; complete the opening of the entire project in the fourth quarter of 2027.
To date, the project has disbursed VND 309/781 billion in capital in 2025, reaching 40%. Expected to disburse 100% in December 2025.
Regarding difficulties and problems in controlling ownership due to the project scope, which Nam Cuong Group Joint Stock Company previously invested in as the investor of the North-South economic development axis project, it should be handed over in the first quarter of 2026.
The leader of Phuc Loc Commune People's Committee said that the Van Phuc bridge project is not only an important transport infrastructure project of the city, but also a project of faith, aspiration and desire from many generations of people in Phuc Loc commune.
This road and bridge have long been considered the "key" to opening the door to connection and socio-economic development, turning Phuc Loc commune from a purely rural area into a dynamic area, deeply integrated into the economic flows of the capital and neighboring provinces.
