Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway: Different values

After more than 2 years of construction in difficult conditions, on September 1, Van Don - Mong Cai highway will be officially put into operation. The project is the pride of the people of Quang Ninh, bringing many different values, demonstrating the right policy, innovative and creative thinking of many generations of provincial leaders; forming the longest highway chain in Vietnam, playing an important role in inter-regional development aspirations.

Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway was built in the context of many difficulties.

Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway was deployed in a proud mood, when at the end of 2018, Quang Ninh inaugurated the Hai Phong - Ha Long - Van Don highway, which was evaluated by the Ministry of Transport and the Government as a miracle, a breakthrough. innovation, is a typical locality in construction of transport infrastructure in the country and a place where development ideas are born.

However, during the project implementation, across the border, the Covid-19 epidemic broke out strongly and spread globally. A series of measures to prevent epidemics have been implemented, including social distancing, etc., which has made the project construction organization difficult. At one point, the construction site was at an impasse when the investor's financial plan had problems; site clearance with the largest area ever with nearly 190ha had to be recovered in a short time, involving thousands of households and many other public works; complicated technical factors, lack of human resources, continuously increasing raw material prices and prolonged extreme weather…

Comrade Cao Tuong Huy, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, said: The road of "The heart of the people - Y Party", thousands of households along the route have put their trust and expectation with new development when the road is formed. Fort; growth pressure in the context of the epidemic depends a lot on construction works; The belief and promise to the people not to "break" the development has forced the province to have the right recognition and appropriate and timely solutions.

To ensure the financial plan, in July 2020, the province separated the Van Don - Mong Cai highway into two independent projects, including: Van Don - Tien Yen, deploying investment with the provincial budget and Tien Yen. - Mong Cai invests in the form of BOT; launched the Campaign “30 days and nights” to complete the site clearance work and completed it with only 15 days and nights; highest operation of the epidemic prevention and control mechanism with flexible scenarios and processes, moving the construction site to a closed state; overcome difficulties in increasing raw material prices by adding qualified contractors, transferring volumes and items between different bidding packages...

In turn, the difficulties have been solved, the project caught up with the progress, Quang Ninh has fulfilled its promise to the people when the project is put into use in 2022. The route has many distinct and outstanding values. expected and believed in its great effectiveness in the fields of economy, society, national defense, security and foreign affairs, received much love, attention and evaluation from people, businesses, investors. private, regulatory agencies…

In 2 more weeks, people will be able to ride on the most beautiful coastal highway in Vietnam today. The route will be put into use with a synchronous, modern, interconnected and overall connection with the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Ha Long - Van Don expressway, forming the longest highway in Vietnam (nearly 600km). and Quang Ninh is the province with the largest number of highway kilometers in the country (176km/1,046km). This is also the route with the most bridges across the sea, across rivers and streams (35 bridges) to minimize the impact on the mangrove system and the environment around the route.

Besides, this is also the only highway in Vietnam that connects synchronously with 3 international airports (Noi Bai - Cat Bi - Van Don); the seaport and logistics system, the locomotives, the economic growth poles of the North and big cities; coastal economic zones of Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and border economic zones with Mong Cai international border gate create distinct comparative advantages. The route creates traffic corridors associated with economic corridors and urban corridors, opens up new development spaces, creates new resources, new opportunities and new motivations for Quang Ninh to soon become a Cities under the Central Government... Thereby, continuing to affirm the Party's correct policy on three strategic breakthroughs, public-private partnership (PPP); concern of Party and State leaders and the will to overcome, self-reliance, self-reliance, innovative thinking, development aspirations of generations of leaders, cadres, party members and people of Quang Ninh province and The enthusiasm and responsibility of BOT investors…