Approximately 20 transportation infrastructure projects put into operation in 2024 are positive signals for Ho Chi Minh City as it enters a promising new year.
In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City’s transportation sector completed and put into operation dozens of projects and packages, including many projects that open up gateways and development directions for the city.
These are considered “sweet fruits,” highlights, and also important motivations for Ho Chi Minh City to aim for larger and more breakthrough projects in the near future.
A Series of Projects Put into Operation
Over the past year, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has focused on coordinating with the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Works Construction Investment Project Management Board (Traffic Board) to accelerate the construction progress of key regional connectivity projects such as Ring Road 3, An Phu intersection, National Highway 50 expansion, and Tran Quoc Hoan-Cong Hoa connecting road
“Mr. Tran Quang Lam, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, stated that the transportation infrastructure sector achieved many new and breakthrough results last year, with 19 projects and packages put into operation.
Among them, there are 7 river overpass projects and several important intersections to address traffic congestion and promote economic development. The city has also commenced 5 projects and approved investment policies for 15 projects.
In the final days of the year, a vibrant atmosphere prevailed at many transportation infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City.
On December 30th alone, four projects and packages were put into operation. In the South, the Phuoc Long bridge connecting District 7 and Nha Be district, the HC1 underpass at the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho intersection, and a parallel section of National Highway 50 were opened to traffic, contributing to reducing traffic congestion in this area.
In the West, the Tan Ky Tan Quy road upgrade project was also opened to traffic, expected to combine with the Tan Ky Tan Quy bridge, which is under construction and scheduled for completion by the end of January 2025, to provide a smooth gateway for the Northwest entrance to the center of Ho Chi Minh City and especially the entrance to Tan Son Nhat Airport.
According to Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of the Traffic Board, many projects that had previously been halted due to land clearance issues were restarted last year, such as the Phuoc Long, Rach Dia, Tan Ky Tan Quy, and Ba Hom bridges.
“This is the year of completed projects. After two years of preparation and focused construction, in the third and fourth quarters of 2024, we witnessed the “sweet fruits” being harvested with approximately 20 packages and projects completed to serve the people,” Mr. Phuc shared.
Previously, the transportation sector also busily constructed, completed, and put into operation many other projects such as Ten Lua road, Nam Ly bridge, Rach Dia bridge, and the HC2 underpass at the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho intersection.
Mr. Luong Minh Phuc added that from now until before the Lunar New Year, the investor and contractors will strive to put into operation about 10 projects such as Duong Quang Ham road (phase 1), Hoang Hoa Tham road, Tran Quoc Hoan-Cong Hoa connecting road (phase 1); Tan Ky Tan Quy, Ba Hom, Ba Dat, Giong Ong To 2 bridges; Luong Dinh Cua road (section from Nguyen Hoang to Tran Nao intersection), Hang Bang canal, etc.
At the recent Socio-Economic Task Deployment Conference for 2025, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, Phan Van Mai, shared that in 2024, it was gratifying that the city resolved obstacles and difficulties, addressed backlogs, etc., allowing many prolonged projects to be implemented, while completing dozens of projects that had been stuck for 7-8 years.
The city is also basically prepared to inaugurate 30 projects that have been delayed for 5 years or more next year… This is an important lesson and task that the city will continue to focus on in 2025.
Opening Up Gateways
In 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City transportation sector has identified it as a year of inter-regional connectivity projects. These include the commencement of the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai expressway, accelerating the progress of Ring Road 3, approving the investment policy for Ring Road 4, expanding gateway expressways, and opening the Ben Luc-Long Thanh expressway to traffic. The city will also commence several projects to complete the North-South axis, such as the Binh Tien bridge and road, Nguyen Khoai bridge and road, and the expansion of Nguyen Huu Tho road.
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“Mr. Tran Quang Lam stated that 2025 promises numerous projects that Ho Chi Minh City will focus its resources on implementing and ensuring progress in conjunction with public investment disbursement.
For the Ring Road project, the city’s land clearance has reached 99%, the construction volume has reached 30%, and efforts are underway to maintain the progress of basic traffic flow on some sections within the year. Ring Road 2 has also received investment approval for all sections in the East.
The city will also review, supplement, and adjust specialized planning for transportation infrastructure projects, especially those connecting areas within Ho Chi Minh City and inter-regional connectivity between the city and the Southeast provinces in the Southern Key Economic Region.
Meanwhile, at the southern gateway, Mr. Luong Minh Phuc announced the commencement of Rach Tom and Rach Doi bridges, the call for investment to expand Nguyen Huu Tho Street, the construction of interchanges connecting National Highway 50, the Ben Luc-Long Thanh expressway, the commencement of Nguyen Khoai bridge, the study of the National Highway 50B dynamic axis, and the completion of the entire National Highway 50.
This will help the southern city’s transportation system be basically completed, creating conditions and motivation for socio-economic development for the localities.
In the western area, Tan Ky Tan Quy bridge will be completed in January 2025, along with the expansion of Tan Ky Tan Quy Street in Tan Binh district and the opening of the Tran Quoc Hoan-Cong Hoa connecting road, which will form a connecting axis between National Highway 1 and Tan Son Nhat airport.
In the near future, the city will also deploy the expansion of Truong Chinh and Cong Hoa streets to complete the transportation infrastructure for this area.
Regarding the An Phu intersection in the East, the investor is accelerating the completion of the HC1 tunnel to finish before April 30th. All items of the 4 packages of overpasses and the HC2 tunnel will be completed before December 31st, thereby completing the entire intersection.
This area will also complete the remaining packages of the My Thuy intersection, Luong Dinh Cua Street, commence Nguyen Thi Dinh Street, and expand the first 4 km section of the expressway.
“Thus, the eastern gateway will be expanded synchronously to be ready to connect with Long Thanh airport phase 1. In the future, we will continue to connect Ring Road 3 with the Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway, Nhon Trach bridge, and commence the new Inter-port road, then the “bottleneck” of the Cat Lai port area will be resolved, creating momentum for the eastern region’s development,” Mr. Luong Minh Phuc shared.
In the Northwest, the City also strives to soon approve the Ho Chi Minh City-Moc Bai expressway project.
Currently, compensation is being implemented to commence some interchanges and some packages using state budget in the third quarter of 2025. After that, the City will organize bidding to select a PPP investor, striving to complete the route by 2027.
The city also strives to complete investment preparation and commence at least 2 out of 5 projects applying BOT contracts under Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly within the year.
According to Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, the Traffic Board is currently coordinating with the Department of Transport to study about 40 more projects, including major axes such as the National Highway 50B dynamic axis connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Long An, restarting some projects that needed capital but were not previously arranged; preparing to commence Can Gio bridge and Thu Thiem 4.
With about 20 works and projects put into operation in 2024, there are very positive signals for Ho Chi Minh City as it enters a promising new year.
Key projects such as Ring Road 3, An Phu intersection, National Highway 50… expected to be completed in 2025 will help open up gateways, creating development momentum for the city to enter a new era, the era of national resurgence
