A shortage of sand needed to build highway embankments is affecting the progress of many southern highway projects, and central- and local-level authorities are working on solutions.

The Ministry of Transport said it will strive to complete procedures for 19 transport projects to start construction in 2024. Among the projects, three are directly under the authority of the ministry, namely the Dau Giay-Tan Phu Expressway, Cho Moi-Bac Kan Expressway and Lo T-Rach Soi Expressway.

The Ministry of Transport has demanded that the investors and management boards of projects frequently examine main contractors and sub-contractors to prevent the illegal transfer of contracts.

The investment plans of some expressway projects were debated at the third sitting of the 15th National Assembly on June 6.

The draft Petroleum Law (amended) and the draft law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies were among the matters tabled at the third sitting of the 15th National Assembly on June 3.

The Ministry of Transport has been drafting a report seeking the National Assembly’s approval on the development of three expressway projects in the south-central and southern regions of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has suggested prioritising investment in expressway projects in the Mekong Delta over the next ten years to ensure socio-economic development and national security and defence.

A major roadway plan proposes an additional 1,000 kilometres of expressways to be built over the next 10 years in the southern region, including the Mekong Delta.

The expansion of Vietnam’s road network would continue in the next decade in order to support growing freight transport volumes due a projected increase in economic activity, Fitch Group’s Fitch Solutions Macro Research forecast in a report released on May 14.