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The Ministry of Construction has just reported to the Government on the investment of highways connecting Vinh city to Thanh Thuy border gate. Hanoi - Vientiane highway - Photo: The Ministry of Construction of Vietnam -Laos and Road Network connected to this official said that the investment in building the Vinh - Thanh Thuy highway road is necessary, in order to implement the Resolutions of the 13th National Congress and the Resolutions of the Politburo; strengthen relations between Vietnam and Laos; Completing and developing the road network connecting the two countries. At the same time, creating a new space for Nghe An economic development, shortening the movement from Thanh Thuy border gate to large urban centers in Nghe An province and Nghe An seaport. Regarding the project implementation process, the Ministry of Construction has organized a pre -feasibility study report on construction of Hanoi - Vientiane highway (Laos). The pre -feasibility study report was basically unified by the Government of the two countries at the meeting on the agreement on investment in construction of the Hanoi - Vientiane highway (November 24, 2016) in Vientiane, and was agreed by Laos at the letter No. 301/BCCVT according to the Power No. 237-18/DSQLA dated April 2, 2018 of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos. Download Laos to work with a sponsor is the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to mobilize capital to invest in the entire Hanoi - Vientiane highway project but not feasible. In particular, the Vinh - Thanh Thuy highway (Vietnams territory), so far the Ministry of Construction has basically completed the pre -feasibility study report of the project with scale, technical standards and total investment. Related news of the highway in Laos from Thanh Thuy (Nam On) to Vientiane is about 355km long, large investment budget (if investment in high -speed 4 -lane high -speed, total investment is about VND 94,000 billion - calculated according to the investment rate of Vinh - Thanh Thuy route), has not identified investment capital. In order to promote the efficiency of Vinh - Thanh Thuy highway investment, it is necessary to connect and invest early in the Hanoi - Vientiane highway through the territory of Laos, the Ministry of Constructions report stated. The total investment of more than VND 19,000 billion of Vinh -Thanh Thuy Expressway has the first point at Km0 with the North -South Expressway in the East of Dien Chau - Bai Bai in Hung Tay intersection, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province; The end point at the area of Thanh Thuy - Nam On border gate in Vietnam - Laos border, Nghe An province. The total length is about 65km. The stage completes the size of 6 lanes of highways. In the immediate future, phase 1 investment is based on 4 lanes, large bridges on the route have 6 lanes. Technical standards meet the highway requirements with a design speed of 100-120km/h (difficult section of the design speed of 60-80km/h) according to TCVN 5729: 2012. According to the transport demand forecast, by 2030, the traffic on the route is about 21,828 PCU/day and night (equivalent to 4 lanes) and by 2045 the flow of vehicles on the route is about 57,717 PCU/day and night (equivalent to 6 lanes). Therefore, in order to suit the transport needs and resources, the Ministry of Construction found that in the immediate investment of phase 1 with 4 lanes and large bridges on the route with a scale of 6 lanes, site clearance of 6 lanes as proposed by the Peoples Committee of Nghe An province. The Ministry of Construction calculates and preliminarily plans for the total project investment of 19,591 billion VND. Investment is invested by budget capital, the Peoples Committee of Nghe An Province has studied investment plans, including investment in the method of public -private partnership (PPP). Therefore, Nghe An Provincial Peoples Committee proposed to implement the project in the form of public investment. During the implementation process, in case investors are interested in implementing investment according to the PPP method, they will report to the competent authority for consideration and decision.The capital of investment preparation, technical design, estimation, request dossier, bidding documents from the central budget revenue increase in 2024. The construction of the project on the occasion of the National Day on September 2, 2025 is not feasible. In order to shorten the implementation time, speed up the project clearance, Nghe An province proposes to apply a specific mechanism for the project. The construction is found that in the process of completing the pre -feasibility study report, the managing agency will continue to review and update the current regulations and based on the practical situation to propose specific mechanisms and policies for the project investment to submit to the competent authority for the implementation of the competent authority. Researching the project investment plan, in order to soon implement and complete the project, the Ministry of Construction proposed the Government to approve the project implementation in the form of public investment (using a part of the local budget) and assigned the Peoples Committee of Nghe An province to be the managing agency. At the same time, allowing the project to use capital to increase the central budget revenue in 202415 to prepare for project investment and capital sourcesMedium-term investment plan for the period of 2026-2030 to implement the project. The construction at the Peoples Committee of Nghe An Province (in case of being assigned to be the governing body), the proposal to propose specific mechanisms and policies applied to the project; The Ministry of Defense and the relevant agencies shall implement the task of working with Laos to mobilize early resources to invest in Thanh Thuy - Vientiane highway, synchronously connect with the Vinh - Thanh Thuy route to maximize the efficiency of this high