Maritime project management board

In 2000, the canal that flows two kilometers through Districts 5 and 6 was filled up following heavy pollution and serious encroachment. By then, the canal spread only two kilometers wide with blackish and stinky water. To continue its drainage function, a concrete box culvert was installed. Fifteen years later, the city decided to recover the canal with a three-phase project that cost VND2 trillion ($86.2 million) to build a drainage system and relocate affected households. The project was to complete in 2020 but got delayed. In 2020, a section 200 meters long and 14-16 meters wide in District 6 was revived, with the two banks turned into a park. At a section meeting Lo Gom Canal in District 6, work has been deployed to establish a water pumping station. To revive the canal, more than 24,000 cubic meters of soil and rock has been dug up. Around one kilometer away, a section 100 meters long between Chu … [Read more...] about HCMC revives polluted canal with $86.2-million project

It assigned the Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board to act as the preparation unit for investment projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, and traffic projects funded by the city budget. The Department of Transport was entrusted to organize the pre-feasibility study report or directly make a report proposing investment policy. Traffic projects to be prepared for investment include the Ring Road No.4 in HCMC which is under study and is planned to build from now to 2025; the HCMC - Moc Bai Expressway with an investment of about VND16 trillion (US$689.99 million); the HCMC - Chon Thanh Expressway with about VND1.34 trillion ($57.78 million); Can Gio Bridge with VND9.98 trillion ($430.38 million); Thu Thiem No.4 Bridge with VND5.3 trillion ($228.65 million); the Cat Lai - Phu Huu inter-port road with VND578 billion ($24.93 million); the cluster of transshipment ports - ICD in Long Binh Ward, Thu Duc City with VND6.2 trillion ($267.53 million); the … [Read more...] about HCMC prepares to invest in eight major traffic infrastructure projects

The event, which took place on May 17, was part of the ‘Rethinking Plastics - Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’ project, financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The German development agency GIZ and Expertise France are the implementers of the project itself. Held in a hybrid format in collaboration with Vinamarine, the workshop boasted 40 participants from the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and various ports across Vietnam, as well as more than 100 online participants from ASEAN and other regions. It was suggested that Vinamarine and the MoT look into developing a strategy on capacity building for ship waste management in ASEAN with other countries. Tran Viet Ha, deputy director at the International Cooperation Department for the MoT said, “We need global efforts and regional cooperation, so we encourage ASEAN member states to work together.” Vinamarine will send a new proposal via the ASEAN Secretariat, Ha added. “The … [Read more...] about Promoting regional cooperation on ship waste management

Map of the HCMC-Moc Bai expressway The assessment board consisting of 18 members who are representatives of the relevant departments will be responsible for preparing and completing reports of the project. The board will evaluate the pre-feasibility study report on the construction project of the HCMC-Moc Bai expressway which will be built under the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) format. According to the construction project, the HCMC-Moc Bai expressway has a total length of over 50 kilometers with six lanes, starting from the Ring Road 3 in HCMC’s Cu Chi District, spanning over the Vam Co River and linking up to Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh Province’s Ben Cau District. The section running through HCMC is 23.7 kilometers. The highway costs nearly VND15.9 trillion (US$690 million), including the cost of compensation of VND7, 433 billion (US$322.5 million). The new expressway is expected to reduce traffic pressure on the National Highway No 22 and … [Read more...] about HCMC establishes assessment board of HCMC-Moc Bai expressway project

The projects invested by the ministry include the transport project connecting mountainous Northern provinces, the Tan Van - Nhon Trach section of Ho Chi Minh City's Ring Road No. 3 project, the construction of Dien Chau-Bai Vot section of the North-South expressway, My Thuan – Can Tho Expressway, construction of the Interconnecting Road to National. Highway No 91 and Long Xuyen City bypass, the subproject on upgrading and renovating National Highway 279B, construction of the National Roads of 21B and 15, and the project to upgrade the runways at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The Ministry of Transport has disbursed VND15,080 billion (US$650 million), reaching 34.9 percent of the plan. The ministry has allocated VND45,343 billion (US$1.95 billion) for a public investment plan in 2022 to investors, achieving 90 percent of the Prime Minister’s plan. The remaining capital will be given when subprojects of the North-South expressway project in the 2021-2025 period are … [Read more...] about Transport Ministry announces projects with slow disbursement

Vietnam and Indonesia have expressed a desire to prevent further maritime spats. High-ranking officers of Vietnam and Indonesia navies have discussed measures to strengthen the cooperation as well as maritime boundaries between the two littoral countries. Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem at the phone talk with his Indonesian counterpart on June 7. Photo: Quan Doi Nhan Dan In the phone talk held on June 7, Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem, commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy, and Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Yudo Margono said they will continue making efforts to maintain the peaceful and stable maritime boundaries and facilitate the fishing without violating the waters of each country. The commanders agreed to speed up the completion of the Joint Training Standard Procedure in addressing common maritime security challenges. Vietnam and Indonesia reached an agreement on continental shelf delimitation in 2003. In 2010, the two defense forces signed … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Indonesia navies discuss maritime boundaries