Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries and agencies to review links to expressways to promote investment efficiency and boost socio-economic development in localities.
A circular issued by the Prime Minister on August 27 states that Vietnam has built 1,729 km of expressways to date.
A number of projects are still ongoing, including the Eastern North-South Expressway, ring roads in the Hanoi Capital Region and in Ho Chi Minh City, and expressways connecting the northwestern region with the central highlands and southern region.
Vietnam targets having 3,000 km of expressways by 2025 and 5,000 km by 2030.
However, links between some expressways and the transport network in certain localities remains limited, failing to exploit potential, advantages, and new development space to promote socio-economic development.
Prime Minister Chinh asked the Ministry of Transport to guide localities on reviewing intersections linking expressways with provincial roads to ensure effective connections between urban and rural areas, industrial parks, high-tech parks, tourism sites, seaports, airports, and international border gates.
Based on the review, the ministry is to coordinate with localities to propose the allocation of capital and mobilize other resources to invest in adding new traffic intersections if needed, in order to optimize the investment efficiency of expressways and create new development space and growth drivers for socio-economic development.
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