Remove all bottlenecks and bottlenecks to implement railway projects and works.

On the morning of July 9, at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Steering Committee for key works and important national projects in the railway sector (SC), chaired the online conference of the 3rd meeting of the SC.

The 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee for key works and important national projects in the railway sector, on the morning of July 9. Photo: VIET CHUNG

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the growth target of 8% or more in 2025 is a huge challenge. In the coming time, the Government, all levels, sectors and localities need to continue to be more determined, make greater efforts and take more drastic actions to promote growth to achieve the set target, while maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, ensuring major balances of the economy and achieving the set targets.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress determined to pay due attention to the development of railway transport, deploy the construction of a number of North-South high-speed railway sections; synchronously connect the transport system with economic zones, industrial parks, airports, seaports; speed up the construction of urban railway lines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and resolve traffic infrastructure bottlenecks.

Conclusion No. 49-KL/TW of the Politburo on the orientation of developing Vietnam's railway transport to 2030, with a vision to 2050, has determined the goal of developing modern and synchronous railway transport to promote rapid and sustainable socio-economic development, meeting the goal of our country being a developed country with high income by 2045. Railway transport plays a key role in the North-South economic corridor, the main East-West transport corridors and passenger transport in major cities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee for key works and important national projects in the railway sector on the morning of July 9. Photo: VIET CHUNG

The National Assembly has issued resolutions on the investment policy for the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis; the investment policy for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project; piloting a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies to develop the urban railway network system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The National Assembly has also passed the Railway Law (amended) with many outstanding mechanisms and policies to mobilize maximum resources for railway development in the coming period.

With the characteristics of new railway infrastructure construction projects and works with large scale and total investment, high technical requirements, especially the high-speed railway on the North-South axis deployed for the first time in Vietnam, the Prime Minister has established the Steering Committee for key works and important national projects in the railway sector.

The Prime Minister said that in the coming time, the tasks of the Steering Committee are extremely heavy, important and urgent. The Prime Minister asked the Steering Committee members to continue to promote a high sense of responsibility, and that the assignment of tasks must ensure 6 things: "clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear product, clear authority"; "far-sighted, think deeply and do great things".

Regarding compensation and resettlement support, the Prime Minister requested special attention to this work so that people can have new places to live, new jobs, and new livelihoods that are at least equal to and better than their old places. If the site clearance work is good and the project is well prepared, the implementation will be good. If the site clearance is blocked and resettlement is problematic, the work will be blocked.

The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to concentrate maximum resources, remove all bottlenecks and bottlenecks, overcome difficulties and challenges to complete assigned tasks.

At the conference, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh reported on the implementation of works and projects, focusing on the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project and the high-speed railway project on the North - South axis.

PHAN THAO

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thao-go-moi-nut-that-diem-nghen-de-trien-khai-cac-cong-trinh-du-an-duong-sat-post803041.html