The meeting was held in a combined online and in-person format between the Government headquarters and the provinces and centrally-run cities that have important national projects and key works in the transport sector.

Attending the meeting were members of the Steering Committee who are ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies; chairmen of provincial and municipal People's Committees; representatives of state-owned economic groups, investors, consulting units, and construction contractors.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the meeting. Photo: DUONG GIANG

Opening the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that after the 6th meeting of the Steering Committee (July 13, 2023), ministries, branches and localities proactively coordinated and made efforts to implement assigned tasks; focused on overcoming difficulties, especially in compensation, support, resettlement, and the work of providing common construction material mines, speeding up investment preparation and project implementation.

However, the implementation of important national projects and works, key to the Transport sector, needs to be "faster, faster", successfully implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on 3 strategic breakthroughs, the Politburo's resolutions on socio-economic development of 6 regions, meeting people's expectations, creating inter-regional connections for development, contributing to promoting public investment.

View of the Steering Committee meeting of key transport projects. Photo: DUONG GIANG

The Prime Minister requested efforts to complete the "backbone" expressway system from North to South, from East to West and connect regions across the country by the end of the 13th Party Congress term, creating new development space, jobs and livelihoods for people.

To achieve the above goals and tasks, the Prime Minister directed members of the Steering Committee, leaders of ministries, branches and localities to focus on discussing and assessing the situation, especially pointing out difficulties, obstacles and problems; proposing tasks and solutions to promote the implementation of projects to ensure progress, quality, safety and stability of people's lives, especially in terms of site clearance, supply of common construction materials..., in the spirit of resolving difficulties and problems; resolving difficulties; resolving problems at any level, "not saying no, not saying difficult, not saying yes but not doing", "whatever is said must be done, what is committed must be done, what is done must have practical results".

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