Vietnam eyes completion of 3,000km of highways by 2025

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged relevant parties to make concerted efforts and resolve to complete 3,000km of highways by 2025.

The request was made in a document issued by the Government Office on August 19.

The government leader asked for the acceleration of the disbursement of capital investment for transport projects across the nation, which is over 8 billion USD, saying it will contribute to creating motives for growth.

Relevant sides must work together to push ahead the completion of investment procedures, arrange funds for the projects, remove roadblocks, and report to the Prime Minister on their challenges. In the meantime, localities must mobilize the whole political system to engage in the site clearance work, and drastically fulfill the process as scheduled.

A 500-day emulation campaign for completing 3,000km of expressways was launched at a recent ceremony held in the presence of Prime Minister Chinh in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

So far, about 1,000km of expressways traversing 15 provinces and cities has been completed, raising the total length of such roads to nearly 2,100km. Ongoing projects are constructing more than 1,700km while work on another 1,400km is about to start soon./.