Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh required relevant ministries, agencies and localities to speed up major railway projects while chairing the seventh meeting of the Steering Committee for key national railway projects in Hanoi on March 3.
The PM urged a thorough review of tasks assigned at the previous meeting, focusing on progress updates, existing bottlenecks and key lessons learned.
He requested focused efforts to accelerate major projects, including segments 1 and 2 of the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong railway line, rail connectivity and cross-border railway links with China, feasibility study for the North–South high-speed railway, urban railway lines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, construction of the Gia Binh–Ha Long and Lang Son–Hanoi lines, and a railway industrial complex.
The PM directed that railway projects must follow the principle of digitalistion, green transition, efficiency optimisation, smart governance, and balanced interests among the State, citizens and businesses.
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