Expanding the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway to 8-10 lanes
On June 7, Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC), a unit under the Ministry of Finance, signed a decision approving the investment policy for the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway expansion project.
The construction area is nearly 22km long, starting at Km4+000 (Ring Road 2 intersection), Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City. The end point is at Km25+920 (the intersection of Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway) in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai.
Regarding the route direction, the project has a basic route following the old road, expanding to both sides. The section across Long Thanh Bridge will be expanded to the right side of the existing route (downstream).
Regarding the scale of the project, the section from the Ring Road 2 intersection to the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 intersection (Km4+000-Km8+844.5) will be invested in expanding from 4 lanes to 8 lanes.
In the section from the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 intersection to the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway intersection, excluding the Long Thanh bridge (Km8+844.5-Km25+910) will be invested in expanding from 4 lanes to 10 lanes.
As for Long Thanh Bridge, invest in building a new bridge with a scale of 5 complete lanes in the direction from Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh, on the right side of the existing bridge.
The project is classified as a special-level project, with technical standards for the section Km4+000Km25+920 meeting the standards of a highway level 120, corresponding to a design speed of 120km/h, while Long Thanh bridge is operated at a speed of 100km/h.
The project has a total investment of more than VND 16,386 billion. Of which, the state budget capital is VND6,500 billion, bank loans and credit institutions are VND7,900 billion and the remaining VND2,000 billion is VEC's equity capital (including interest).
The project implementation period is from 2025 to 2027. The project will be basically completed in 2026 under the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.
VEC expands expressway, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai compensate and support resettlement
According to VEC, the construction location of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway expansion project involves Thu Duc City (Ho Chi Minh City) and Nhon Trach, Long Thanh, Dong Nai districts. The land for site clearance in the two areas is nearly 7 hectares and the cost of compensation, support and resettlement is over 967 billion VND.
The Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway expansion project is divided into 3 component projects. Component project 1 to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway section is invested by VEC. Component project 2 and component 3 are compensation, support and resettlement projects that will be implemented by Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai.
Also according to VEC, the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway Project is invested in order to complete this highway according to the approved planning scale, meeting the increasing transport demand, shortening the time, reducing transportation costs, contributing to the convenient connection to Long Thanh and Ho Chi Minh City airports, serving socio -economic development, contributing to ensuring security and defense for the southern key economic region. At the same time, increase the competitiveness of the economy in the context of extensive integration.
