The HCM City Department of Transport will work closely with agencies to simplify procedures, improve bidding quality, and enhance the supervision of major traffic projects to ensure quality and progress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered localities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta to speed up site clearance to ensure the progress of the My Thuan 2 Bridge and the My Thuan-Can Tho expressway.

The HCM City Department of Transport has called for solutions to speed up the progress of major projects, including ring roads and railway stations, as part of its effort to develop a modern, highly connected transport system.

As many as 25 traffic projects in Vietnam could be suspended or delayed due to capital shortages, according to the Ministry of Transport.

HCM City hopes to reduce traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries by 5-10 per cent this year, People’s Committee chairman and head of the city Traffic Safety Board, Nguyen Thanh Phong, told a workshop on Wednesday.

According to the Ministry of Transport seven out of 10 major traffic projects under construction are behind schedule or under the risk of lagging behind schedule.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government will implement 80 traffic infrastructure projects with total capital of VND39,263 billion (US$1.72 billion) this year in a bid to ease congestion,

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will undertake 80 traffic projects in 2017 at a cost of VND39 trillion (US$1.7 billion),

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