Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 9 chaired the third meeting of the steering committee for national key railway projects, held both in-person and via videoconference with nine involved localities.
As head of the steering committee, PM Chinh reiterated the strategic direction outlined in the 13th National Party Congress, which emphasises the need to continue three strategic breakthroughs, with priority given to railway development and starting work on several sections of the North–South high-speed railway, improving transport connectivity with economic zones, industrial parks, seaports, and airports, and accelerating the pace of urban railway projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.