Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked ministries, agencies, and localities to make greater efforts to remove difficulties and obstacles to accelerate the implementation of key national key transport projects, the Government News has reported.

Chairing a meeting of the State steering committee for national and key transport projects in Hanoi on November 25, Prime Minister Chinh said the country targets completing 3,000 km of expressways by 2025 and 5,000 km by 2030.

The country currently has 34 major transport projects and 86 sub-projects considered important.

He also instructed relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to review and complete related mechanisms and policies, ensure progress and quality of those projects, and enhance inspection and supervision over project implementation.

Prime Minister Chinh asked the Ministry of Transport to instruct investors to ask contractors to coordinate with localities in order to soon complete procedures for the exploitation of mines serving the construction of the Eastern North-South Expressway in the 2021-2025 period, stressing that the work should be done before December 31.