Upgrading essential works of Hanoi - Vinh railway line

The project to renovate and upgrade essential road works on the Hanoi - Vinh railway section has been approved by the Ministry of Transport with a total investment of 1,400 billion VND. Illustrative photo

According to information from the Department of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Transport has approved the investment policy for the project to renovate and upgrade essential road works on the Hanoi - Vinh railway section with a total investment of VND 1,400 billion and assigned the Railway Project Management Board to carry out the work of preparing a feasibility study report.

"Up to now, the Ministry of Transport has approved the budget outline, contractor selection plan, bidding documents for selecting survey consultants, preparing feasibility study reports, establishing a policy framework for site clearance, and environmental impact assessment reports," a representative of the Department of Planning and Investment informed, adding that the Railway Project Management Board has issued bidding documents for selecting survey consultants, preparing feasibility study reports, and preparing environmental impact assessment reports.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment, it is expected that the procedures for the feasibility study report and investment project approval will be completed in August 2019, the project will start construction in March 2020 and be completed in 2021.

It is known that the project to renovate and upgrade essential road works on the Hanoi - Vinh railway section is one of 14 important and urgent transport projects approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee to use 15,000 billion VND from the reserve fund of the medium-term public investment plan using state budget capital for the 2016 - 2020 period in Resolution 556 of the National Assembly Standing Committee issued on July 31, 2018./.