Leaders of the Government, ministries, sectors and localities have agreed on solutions to help the expansion of transport infrastructure keep up with socio-economic development pace in the time ahead.
Bach Dang Bridge, which links Quang Ninh province and Hai Phong city, under construction (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of the Government, ministries,sectors and localities have agreed on solutions to help the expansion oftransport infrastructure keep up with socio-economic development pace in thetime ahead.
Speaking at the Cabinet’s teleconference withlocalities on July 2, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung asked the Ministryof Transport (MoT) to press on with solving problems related to build-operate-transfer(BOT) projects. The Ministry of Planning and Investment needs to removeobstacles to projects using foreign loans like the urban railway project in HoChi Minh City.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Industry and Tradeand the MoT have to speed up key transport projects and soon submit aprefeasibility study report on the North-South express railway, he said.
Earlier, MoT Minister Nguyen Van The said hisministry will carry out many major projects in the time ahead, including theeastern North-South Expressway with 11 sub-projects and the My Thuan 2 Bridge.It is making a plan on the North-South express railway and will report thisproject to the National Assembly in 2019.
He added that many localities want to upgradetheir airports like Chu Lai in Quang Nam province and Cat Bi in Hai Phong city,but this issue needs time and close coordination with localities to seek thebest plans.
At the meeting, Deputy PM Dung also requestedthe Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment to boost efforts to support people in the northern mountainous,central and Mekong Delta regions, recently hit by natural disasters and climatechange.
He underlined the need to develop social housingfor low-income earners and workers in industrial zones, which hasn’t receivedenough attention in many localities. He noted that helping workers to havestable accommodation is critical to ensuring social security and development ofindustrial zones.-VNA
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Bach Dang Bridge, which links Quang Ninh province and Hai Phong city, under construction (Photo: VNA) 
