At the recent 13th meeting of the State Steering Committee for important national and key projects of the Transport sector, the Ministry of Transport reported on the implementation of expressway projects scheduled to be completed in 2025. Accordingly, the total length of the projects is about 1,172 km (including 1,104 km planned to be completed in 2025 and 68 km to be completed in 2026, the progress can be shortened to be completed in 2025).
2 key railway projects in 2025
The North-South high-speed railway must be a “symbolic project in the country’s rising era”
In the Pre-Feasibility Report, the North-South high-speed railway has a designed speed of 350km/h for passenger trains and 160km/h for freight trains. The entire North-South high-speed railway has 23 passenger stations and 5 freight stations. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway is a strategic choice to develop the country’s infrastructure and the project is a symbol in the country’s rising era.
The Prime Minister: The Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh railway project needs to be started in 2025
At the November conference of work hand-over and the implementation of key tasks for December 2024 of the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Luu Quang Thin, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, said that based on the registration needs of investors/project management boards, the Ministry of Transport has developed a public investment plan for 2025 with a capital demand and plan of about VND 89,211 billion. According to the planning documents of the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh railway route, the total length of the route is 447.66km; the starting point is the connection point with the Chinese railway in Lao Cai province, the endpoint is Cai Lan station in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province. The route passes through 10 provinces/cities: Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.
