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Vietnam is preparing to carry out a pre-feasibility study on the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway line in which the Chinese side wants to participate in investment and construction.
Friday, 27/10/2023 GMT+7
The Ministry of Transport finalized the project's pre-feasibility study
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has just assigned the Railway Project Management Board to organize the preparation of a pre-feasibility study report for the investment project to build the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway.
Accordingly, the Minister assigned the Railway Project Management Board to organize the preparation of a pre-feasibility study report on the railway with the goal of ensuring interconnection with the domestic and international railway network and convenient transit. with other modes of transport.
Playing a role as one of the main traffic axes on the East - West economic corridor of the Northern region, meeting the needs of high quality, fast, convenient and safe transportation.
Time to prepare a Pre-Feasibility Study Report for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway construction investment project in 2023 - 2025.
The Ministry of Transport has just assigned the Railway Project Management Board to prepare a pre-feasibility study report for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway construction investment project. Photo: Industry and Trade Newspaper
Funding for preparing the Pre-Feasibility Study Report will be allocated according to tasks, approved estimates and annual investment capital plans.
The Ministry of Transport assigned the Railway Project Management Board to proactively coordinate with relevant agencies and units to prepare a Pre-Feasibility Study Report for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Railway Construction Investment Project. Hai Phong and the organization select the Consultant to prepare a Pre-Feasibility Study Report according to current regulations.
Preparing a Pre-Feasibility Study Report will help authorities clarify the investment costs, financial feasibility and impact of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway before deciding to deploy it. next steps.
According to planning, the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway has a track gauge of 1,435 mm, starting point at Lao Cai station, ending point at Lach Huyen port - Hai Phong.
The project is about 388 km long, the railway connection between Hekou (China) and Lao Cai (Vietnam) is 5.6 km long; built eastward through 8 provinces and cities including: Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hanoi, Hung Yen, Hai Duong and Hai Phong; End point at Lach Huyen port (Hai Phong).
On the route, there are 73 large bridges with a total length of more than 130km, 25 tunnels of 25km long, 38 stations, of which 29 newly built stations.
The Ministry of Transport said that the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway has basically completed its detailed planning. It is expected that this railway will operate passenger and goods transport, with a total investment of about 10 - 11 billion USD.
The line's long-term transport capacity forecast is 10 million tons of goods/year and operates 15 pairs of ships/day.
The design speed of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong standard gauge railway is 160 km/h, with electric traction type, using automatic closing stations to ensure safety.
Large Chinese corporations want to contribute to building the project
In a related development, previously, on September 16, during a working program in Guangxi, China, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a number of leaders of large Chinese corporations in the railway sector. , energy.
Receiving Mr. Tran Van, Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Railway Corporation (CREC) - general contractor for the construction of Hanoi urban railway project, line 2 Cat Linh - Ha Dong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked CREC has contributed to completing the Cat Linh - Ha Dong railway line after many years and assessed the unit as having experience in infrastructure work in Vietnam.
Stating the future direction, Vietnam will continue to focus on developing transportation infrastructure, including the railway connecting Yunnan province (China) with Lao Cai (Vietnam), the head of the Vietnamese Government emphasized. , this is one of the important railways connecting the belt and the road.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Railway Corporation (CREC) Tran Van. Photo: Chinhphu.vn
The Prime Minister and the Chairman of CREC discussed the possibility of researching options for building the Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hai Phong railway line of about 388km.
CREC Chairman assessed that the construction of railway lines brings economic value to the two countries, boosts the regional economy and is the foundation for the belt and road policy. This unit can provide design survey, investment, construction, and even management for this project.
Mr. Tran Van expressed his desire to contribute to promoting and participating in the construction of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project.
Welcoming CREC's interest in participating in this project, the Prime Minister requested that immediately after the meeting, Vietnamese agencies discuss specifically the possibility of project implementation in design, capital arrangement, and execution. public works, management... in the most suitable and beneficial form for both parties.
To achieve the current positive signs, officials of the large Chinese corporation have launched a process of research, survey, and planning for the above railway line for 5 years (since 2015). Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, from the beginning of 2020, the project was suspended.
By 2023, the two sides are implementing procedures to complete documents, hand over and receive the project's research results.
