Minister of Construction inspects the progress of the Ho Chi Minh Road Project, Cho Chu

Contractor Son Hai Group reported to Minister Tran Hong Minh on the construction progress of Ho Chi Minh road, Cho Chu - Trung Son intersection section.

Participating in the reception and working with the delegation were comrades: Nguyen Manh Tuan, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ma Thi Thuy, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Tuyen Quang province; leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh directed contractors to construct the Ho Chi Minh Road Project, Chu Market - Trung Son Intersection section.

The Ho Chi Minh Road project is a national key project, starting at Pac Bo (Cao Bang) and ending at Dat Mui (Ca Mau) with a total length of 3,183 km. To date, 2,488/2,744 km of the main route and about 258 km of the branch route have been completed, with the remaining 256 km under construction. The Cho Chu - Trung Son intersection section is the "last piece" to connect the entire route by 2025.

Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh presents gifts to contractors and construction workers of the Ho Chi Minh Road Project, Chu Market - Trung Son Intersection section.

The Cho Chu - Trung Son Intersection project is about 28.98 km long, passing through Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang provinces, built according to the standards of a grade III mountainous road, with a design speed of 60 km/h and a scale of 2 lanes. The total investment is about 1,665 billion VND from the State budget, expected to be completed in 2025. Of which, the section passing through the communes of Hung Loi and Trung Son (Yen Son) is 17.1 km long, with a total expected recovered area of 67.12 hectares.

Workers constructing Lam Son bridge from Trung Son intersection to Cho Chu.

Currently, at the construction site, contractors are focusing on mobilizing machinery and human resources to speed up the work of leveling and filling the roadbed, while simultaneously constructing bridge items on the route, striving to ensure quality and progress as required.

According to the report of the Project Management Board, the site clearance work has achieved positive results, in which 99% of the compensation costs have been paid, and 2 resettlement areas are being urgently built. However, the site clearance costs have increased by nearly 90 billion VND compared to the total approved amount. The locality has proposed the Ministry of Construction and the Ho Chi Minh Road Project Management Board to consider and make additional adjustments to ensure the overall progress.

Construction of roadbed leveling and filling at Trung Son - Cho Chu intersection.

Speaking at the site, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh requested the Project Management Board and contractors to strictly follow the progress, ensure safety for people and workers, strive to complete the project before December 31, 2025; complete final settlement in January 2026; and at the same time require all project adjustment procedures to be completed before October 5, 2025.

Panoramic map of Ho Chi Minh route.

He emphasized that site clearance is of key importance and requested Tuyen Quang province to continue to pay attention and support resettled people, ensure stable lives, and create consensus during project implementation.

News and photos: Thanh Phuc

Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/thoi-su-chinh-tri/202509/bo-truong-bo-xay-dung-kiem-tra-tien-do-du-an-duong-ho-chi-minh-doan-cho-chu-nga-ba-trung-son-ed367d5/