he Department of Roads of Vietnam proposed the Ministry of Transport to prepare and implement 6 projects to upgrade and expand national highways, serving North-South transport.

The Road Administration of Vietnam has sent a document to the Ministry of Transport to propose to assign the task of preparing and implementing a number of investment projects to develop transport infrastructure. These projects include upgrading and expanding 6 national highways, including NH1 and Ho Chi Minh road from Ca Mau City to Dat Mui, as well as the section connecting Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho expressway with the IC9 expressway interchange. Noi Bai - Lao Cai.

Traffic projects that are being implemented include upgrading and expanding the B49 overpass on the Hanoi - Hai Phong highway at National Highway 10, building an overpass at the intersection between National Highway 10 and District 31 in Hai Phong City, upgrading and expanding Thai Nguyen - Cho Moi expressway, and upgrading and expanding NH15 from Hoa Binh to Thanh Hoa - Subproject 1 will focus on upgrading the section from Km0 - Km20.

According to a representative of the Vietnam Road Administration, in the past time, the Department has been entrusted by the Ministry of Transport with the task of preparing for investment, managing and implementing a number of projects related to road asset management. In Vietnam, these are the construction of bridges for people's livelihood and local property management, the project of 45 bridges in the Central and Central Highlands, and the repair project of Thang Long Bridge.

These projects have been implemented by the Road Administration of Vietnam from the stage of investment preparation, project formulation and construction management until handing over and putting into use. The quality and progress of these projects have also been highly appreciated by donors such as the World Bank and JICA.

The Road Administration of Vietnam said that the projects built in the medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period have been completed and approved for investment by the Ministry of Transport, including renovating and upgrading Highway 31, section Km2400 - Km44. +900 in Bac Giang province, upgrading NH7 and renovating NH14E. Among these, the project to renovate and upgrade National Highway 31 is the first project approved and started by the Ministry of Transport. This project is expected to be completed in 2023, 1 year earlier than planned.

Currently, the Ministry of Transport is focusing heavily on implementing highway construction projects and a number of key projects in medium-term public investment in the 2021-2025 period with a particularly large workload. The milestones of these projects are approaching, while the Government is also directing to focus on proposing and implementing investment for a number of transport infrastructure development projects.

The Department of Roads of Vietnam proposes the above projects with the desire to contribute to the completion of the common tasks of the sector. On the basis of experience in implementing investment policy proposals, preparing and implementing traffic projects, the Department of Roads of Vietnam will direct the PMU 3 to accelerate the preparation and implementation to ensure the progress according to the schedule. request, if assigned.