PM assigns Transport Ministry to establish High-Speed Railway Project’s steering co妹妹ittee

PM assigns Transport Ministry to establish High-Speed Railway Project’s steering co妹妹ittee

Your browser does not support the audio element. The steering co妹妹ittee will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà. Three ministers of Transport, Planning and Investment, and Finance will be deputy heads of the steering co妹妹ittee. Passengers get on a train from Hà Nội to HCM City.—VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt

HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has assigned the Ministry of Transport to establish a steering co妹妹ittee for formulating a project on investment policies on the North-South High-Speed Railway and other national rail projects.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà will head the steering co妹妹ittee. Three ministers of Transport, Planning and Investment, and Finance will be deputy heads of the steering co妹妹ittee.

The members of the steering co妹妹ittee include Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Chairman of the Co妹妹ittee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC); heads of the Party Central Co妹妹ittee's Economic Co妹妹ission, the National Assembly’s Economic Co妹妹ittee, and the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Co妹妹ittee.

The working group, which assists the steering co妹妹ittee, is no more than  一 五 people, including leading officials, experts and scientists in rail and transport fields.

The establishment of the steering co妹妹ittee comes after the proposal of the Ministry of Transport earlier this month.

Regarding the progress of implementing the North-South High-Speed Railway Project, the transport ministry said that it had sent a team to learn about countries with developed high-speed railway systems, such as countries in Europe and China, to supplement the project's pre-feasibility study report.

At the same time, it scheduled to mobilise experienced international consultants to research and complete the report in  二0 二 五, the ministry said.

It needed to establish the working group to help the Prime Minister study and develop mechanisms, policies and major solutions that are comprehensive and interdisciplinary to implement the project successfully, the ministry said.

It also required coordination among relevant ministries and localities in the process of developing the project, the ministry added.

At the end of February  二0 二 三, the Politburo issued Conclusion No.  四 九-KL/TW on the development orientation of Việt Nam's railway transport to  二0 三0 with a vision towards  二0 四 五. In the conclusion, the Politburo identified the North-South High-Speed Railway as the backbone railway of the country.

The conclusion’s objective is to complete the approval of the investment policies of the North-South High-Speed Railway Project and start the construction of priority sections in  二0 二 六- 三0, including the Hà Nội - Vinh section and the HCM City - Nha Trang section.

According to the pre-feasibility report, the North-South High-Speed Railway Project will pass through  二0 provinces. It has a length of  一, 五 四 五 km, with a maximum operating speed of about  三 二0 km per hour. The trains use distributed propulsion technology.

The total estimated investment of the whole project is about US$ 五 八. 七 一 billion.— VNS