The Duong River waterway upgrade project (including a road and railway bridge across the Duong River) was approved for investment by the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction), with the goal of completion in 2025.
The project includes 2 construction packages: railway bridge (XL-CD-01) and road bridge (XL-CD-02), with a total investment of nearly VND 1,850 billion.
According to the reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper in early November 2025, the contractor is actively implementing the construction of project items.
Regarding the project progress, a representative of the Railway Project Management Board (Ministry of Construction) said that the XL-CD-01 package (rail bridge) started construction on September 12, 2023, and to date the completed volume is more than 49% of the contract value.
The contractor has completed the construction of the main bridge piers (from T1 to T5), 3/6 abutments of the overpasses, 7/8 floors to reduce load, 3/6 sections of reinforced concrete retaining walls, about 80% of retaining wall items with bridge points, completed the temporary installation in the 9 steel girder workshop, installed a 100m girder to the location and filled temporary railway soil on the Phu Dong commune side.
The remaining items (M1, M2 main bridge abutments and the remaining underpass abutments...) have not been constructed due to site clearance problems, affecting the work of installing new girders.
Package XL-CD-02 (road bridge) started construction on September 5, 2023, the completed volume reached 43.7% compared to the contract, has completed pillars T3; pillars T4, T5 have completed the lower structure, and are currently under construction of the bridge tower.
The approach bridges, approach roads, service roads, branch routes, etc. have been stalled and have not been constructed due to land clearance problems.
According to the plan, Long Bien district and Gia Lam district (now Viet Hung ward and Phu Dong commune) will complete site clearance and hand over to the contractor in the fourth quarter of 2024 (including enforcement if any).
However, during the implementation process, some contents were prolonged (project approval was delayed by 6 months, the new Land Law took effect from August 1, 2024...) leading to site clearance progress not meeting requirements.
Due to the slow site clearance, the Ministry of Construction recently adjusted the completion time of the railway and road bridge across the Duong River to 2026, a year later than planned.
Along with adjusting the project progress, the Ministry of Construction assigned the Railway Project Management Board to closely coordinate with departments, branches, and Hanoi City authorities to urgently clear the site, relocate technical infrastructure, hand over clean land to the contractor for construction; report problems to be resolved.
Chairing a meeting to listen to the project's site clearance progress report in October 2025, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan requested Viet Hung ward and Phu Dong commune to be proactive and focus resources to complete site clearance in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Talking about Lao Dong on November 5, Mr. Nguyen Van Thuyet - Vice Chairman of Phu Dong Commune People's Committee - said that it is expected that in November, the commune will approve 50% of the compensation, support and resettlement plan. The remaining will be completed in December, ensuring the progress assigned by the city.
