Ho Chi Minh City named a street after Pham Van Dong

On the morning of March 1, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held a ceremony to name a street after the late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong. Attending the ceremony were Comrade Le Thanh Hai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Party Central Committee members: Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Vo Van Thuong, Secretary of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee; family of the late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, representatives of departments, branches, and people in the city.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ngai province held a naming ceremony for Pham Van Dong Street.

Accordingly, the name of the late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong was given to the Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi - Outer Ring Road, which is more than 12 km long. The starting point of the route is at the Nguyen Thai Son intersection, Go Vap district and the end point is at the Linh Xuan intersection, Thu Duc district.

The Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi beltway project passes through four districts: Tan Binh - Go Vap - Binh Thanh - Thu Duc. This is a vital route that, when completed, will facilitate the connection of the city center with surrounding satellite urban areas and neighboring provinces such as Binh Duong and Dong Nai, while contributing to reducing traffic congestion.

This route is part of the Ho Chi Minh City beltway system with a total length of nearly 14 km running from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Highway 1. The project has a total investment capital of 340 million USD invested by GS Group (Engineering Construction - Korea), started in June 2008, and was invested and built in the form of BT (build - transfer).

Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi - Outer Ring Road will officially be named Pham Van Dong Street from March 1.

In September 2013, Ho Chi Minh City organized the first phase of the Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi - Outer Ring Road (the section from Nguyen Thai Son intersection to Binh Trieu intersection, 4.7 km long). Although only a part has been put into use, the project has contributed to significantly reducing traffic congestion at the northeastern gateway of the city.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Le Hoang Quan emphasized: Comrade Pham Van Dong is an excellent and close student of President Ho Chi Minh, with 75 years of revolutionary activities, 41 years as a member of the Party Central Committee, 32 years as a member of the Politburo, 32 years as Prime Minister, he has made many great contributions in many areas of the Party and State's activities. To express deep gratitude and acknowledge the great contributions of comrade Pham Van Dong, the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City decided to name the Tan Son Nhat - Binh Loi - Outer Ring Road after Pham Van Dong.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the City People's Committee also called on the city's people to actively participate in building Pham Van Dong Street as a model, civilized urban road, raising people's awareness in complying with the law on urban order and traffic safety.

According to NDDT