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The Ministry of Construction requests the Vietnam Road Administration and investors to urgently fix the shortcomings of the non-stop toll collection system on the 5 North - South expressways. Download From 10:00 p.m. on March 2, 2026, 5 component expressway projects of the North-South expressway have officially implemented toll collection. Photo: Construction Newspaper The Ministry of Construction has just sent a document to the Vietnam Road Administration along with Project Management Boards 2, 7, Thang Long and Railways, requesting to urgently overcome shortcomings in the road use toll collection system at 5 component projects of the Eastern North - South Expressway in the period 2017 - 2020 including Mai Son - National Highway 45, National Highway 45 - Nghi Son, Nghi Son - Dien Chau, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet - Dau Giay. Based on the report of the Vietnam Road Administration, this unit has shown initiative and determination in receiving and organizing toll collection, and at the same time coordinating to handle technical situations and arising problems. However, the 5 projects still have many limitations in toll station infrastructure, software, equipment, as well as Front-End, Back-End systems and electronic payment databases, affecting service quality. Thoroughly overcome the shortcomings To quickly complete the non-stop toll collection system, the Ministry of Construction requires the Vietnam Road Administration to direct investors to quickly add missing items, thoroughly overcome the identified shortcomings, and at the same time identify clearly state the completion deadline, ensuring stable and continuous operation of the system. Project Management Boards 2, 7, Thang Long and Railways are assigned to direct the design consulting unit to coordinate with the toll collection operating contractor to review design solutions at the stations, request the contractor to provide equipment to completely handle inadequacies, ensure compliance with design, technical requirements, synchronous connection and stable operation. In particular, it is necessary to focus on solutions to ensure the safety of electric and fiber optic cable systems throughout the route. The Ministry also requires equipment and software contractors to coordinate closely with the operating unit to promptly handle errors related to license plate recognition cameras and barrier systems; At the same time, proactively purchase backup equipment to ensure continuous operations and be ready to respond to incidents. Fix transmission lines and ensure data is fully connected. Project Management Board 7 must urgently update Back-End software modules, especially offline data flow and lookup tools; At the same time, overcome transmission line problems, ensuring data from the toll station is fully and synchronously connected to the monitoring center (NOC) to serve cross-checking and post-inspection work. Thang Long Project Management Board is required to coordinate with relevant units to review and propose an optimal toll collection organization plan at Mai Son station, ensuring traffic safety for people and vehicles. Previously, from 10:00 p.m. on March 2, 2026, 5 projects The above expressway has officially implemented toll collection. After a month of operation, the system is basically stable, traffic is smooth, and accidents are significantly reduced. By March 18, nearly 1.2 million vehicles were recorded, with a total revenue of more than 120 billion VND paid to the State budget. However, because this is a new model, connecting many routes and many different service providers, initially there are still some technical problems and problems in the control and post-inspection work, which need to continue to be improved in the near future.Phan TrangSee moreUrgently fix errors in the ETC toll collection system on the North-South expressway passing through Lam DongSee moreToll collection for 5 North-South expressway sections from tomorrow March 2See moreMain Toll collection method for 5 North-South expressway routes: A new stage in the operation of national transport infrastructure. Read moreMore than 50,000 successful transactions after the first day of toll collection for 5 North-South expressway routes
