According to the reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper on the afternoon of December 18, in Phu Ha Industrial Park, Phu Tho Province (in the old Phu Tho town, now Phong Chau Ward), a theater and stage have been set up to serve the groundbreaking ceremony of Component Project 1 of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway construction investment project.
Some machinery and vehicles have been gathered to perform the groundbreaking ceremony on the morning of December 19. This area will build Phu Tho Station - a mixed-use station with an occupied area of about 32 hectares in Phong Chau ward, an important item of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway line passing through Phu Tho province.
The Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway line will pass through 5 wards and 15 communes of Phu Tho province, with a total length of 99.1km, from Dan Thuong commune to Phuc Yen ward.
The province has 7 stations, including 5 mixed stations serving both passengers and goods, along with a technical processing station, Thanh Ba station (Quang Yen commune). Currently, Phu Tho is focusing on compensation, support and resettlement, creating clean land for construction.
Previously, to ensure the project implementation progress, Vice Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee Phan Trong Tan suggested that departments, branches and localities continue to closely follow the tasks, proactively coordinate closely with the Railway Project Management Board to promptly remove difficulties in compensation, support and resettlement.
The Vice Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee requested the Project Management Boards to immediately start completing documents, submitting for approval sub-projects, and speeding up the approval of component projects. The Department of Construction grasps the actual situation, promptly synthesizes difficulties and problems to report to the Provincial People's Committee for direction to resolve them.
Along with that, specialized agencies need to urgently review the site and land fund, and fully prepare conditions to meet the construction schedule on December 19, 2025.
The Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway line has a total preliminary investment of VND203,231 billion, equivalent to USD8.37 billion. The National Assembly has approved this plan under Resolution 187/2025/QH15 with the goal of starting construction in December 2025 and completing it by 2030 at the latest.
The railway line is nearly 391km long, starting at the rail connection point across the border (Lao Cai province), ending at Lach Huyen station (Hai Phong), nearly 391km long; branch line length 27.9km, passing through the provinces: Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, and Hai Phong.
The railway line is invested in a new single track, 1,435m wide, transporting passengers and goods together; designed speed of 160km/h with the main line from the new Lao Cai station to Nam Hai Phong station; designed speed of 120km/h with the section passing through the Hanoi city hub; speed of 80km/h with the remaining sections.
