National Assembly deputies on November 13 listened to a report and a verification report on the investment policy of the North-South high-speed railway project worth around 1.7 quadrillion VND (67.34 billion USD), within the framework of the legislature’s ongoing 8th session in Hanoi.
It will take significant effort and focus from the Ministry of Transport and local authorities to achieve the goal of completing 3,000 kilometres of the North-South expressway by 2025, according to Minister Nguyen Van Thang.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has expressed his hope that Belgian enterprises will study investment possibilities in Vietnam’s key transport projects while meeting with Minister-President of the Government of the Belgian region of Flanders Jan Jambon as part of his recent trip to Europe.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang said Vietnam should increase the proportion of maritime and inland waterway transport to at least 50% in order to reduce logistics costs and road accidents in the coming time.
With a record amount of allocated public investment capital, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang wants Ministry units to strictly control the disbursement progress. The workload to achieve the target of public investment capital disbursement in the last quarter remains huge.
Vietnam wants to cooperate with countries towards sustainable transport development, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang told the Global Sustainable Transport Forum, which took place in Beijing, China, from September 25-27.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang will take the floor at the Q&A session in the 15th National Assembly’s fifth session in Hanoi on June 7, which are televised nationwide.
The maritime industry still has ample room for development, requiring prompt mechanisms and policies to invest in seaports to promote transportation and logistics, and increase national competitiveness, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has stressed.
The Ministry of Transport is set to build a ground-breaking policy on infrastructure investment, aimed at accelerating the implementation of key transport projects in 2023.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh handed over the President’s appointment decisions to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan and Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang for the 2021-2026 tenure during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 22.
