CONSTRUCTION OF VINH TUY BRIDGE’S SECOND PHASE PROJECT KICKED OFF
Sat , 09/01/2021, 05:14:00 (GMT+7)
On the morning of January 9, 2021, the construction of the Vinh Tuy bridge (phase 2) spanning the Red River officially commenced. Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi; Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council; Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dong, Deputy Minister of Transport attended and issued the order to kick off the construction.
According to the design, Vinh Tuy bridge (phase 2) is built downstream of the Red River, parallel with Vinh Tuy Bridge 1. The total length of the bridge and approach is 3,473 meters with four lanes, a surface width of 19.25 meters (4 lanes), and a static height of 11 meters. The new bridge would start from the intersection of Nguyen Khoai and Minh Khai streets and end at the crossroads of Long Bien - Thach Ban and Co Linh streets, built with an estimated investment capital of more than VND2.538 trillion (US$107 million). implementation period from 2020 to 2022.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Chu Ngoc Anh noted that Vinh Tuy bridge construction investment project phase 2 is one of the urgent key projects of Hanoi City. The project will complete the entirety of Hanoi’s Belt Road No. 2, meeting increasing transport demand between Hanoi and localities in the city’s north and northeast sides. Therefore, he requested the contractors and related units to closely cooperate in the implementation of the construction work in order to assure quality and on-time completion of the project.
On behalf of the project’s contractors (Bridge Construction No. 75 JSC, Construction and Investment JSC No. 18, Thang Long Bridge No. 7 JSC), Mr. Dao Ngoc Thanh, Chairman of Vinaconex Corporation’s BOD expressed his honor and pride when Vinaconex was selected as the project’s contractor. Vinaconex is committed to performing the assigned tasks with the highest capacity and determination to ensure the schedule, quality, safety, and environmental sanitation of the project. That would be a contribution to achieving the goals of Hanoi traffic infrastructure development, a meaningful activity to congratulate on the success of the 17th Hanoi Party Congress and welcoming the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party /./
As one of the leading brands in the field of construction and installation, Vinaconex has directly participated in the construction of hundreds of key national projects with a total investment of tens of trillions of dong such as Thang Long Boulevard, Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway, Hanoi - Bac Giang expressway, Cau Gie - Ninh Binh expressway, Terminal T2 - Noi Bai international airport, and others. VINACONEX is currently executing construction projects worth around VND 15,000 billion. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, the value of its new winning packages reached over VND 10,000 billion in 2020. Vinaconex is another entity involved in the building. Vinaconex is also a unit involved in the construction of the largest bidding packages on the Eastern North-South Expressway, including package 3 - XL (Phan Thiet - Dau Giay expressway), package XL - 04 (Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet expressway), and Mai Son NH 45, with a total value of VND 8,000 billion. Furthermore, based on production and business results and capacity in all activities at the 2020 announcement period, Vinaconex continued to be recognized as one of the TOP 50 listed companies with the best competitiveness in 2019, the Top 5 largest construction companies in Vietnam, and Vietnam's top 500 largest enterprises. |
