In attendance were Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh - Secretary of Di An City Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Van Minh - Secretary of Thuan An City Party Committee; Mr. Bui Minh Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and leaders of departments, agencies, and businesses.
100% land clearance for Ring Road 3 completed in March 2025
Provincial leaders inspected the progress of the Ring Road 3 project in Ho Chi Minh City, passing through Binh Duong Province, at construction package XL1, which is building the Tan Van intersection.
The Ring Road 3 construction investment project passing through Binh Duong Province (including the Tan Van intersection and Binh Goi bridge) has a total length of approximately 26.6 km (the Tan Van intersection is 2.393 km long; Binh Chuan - Sai Gon River section is 8.9 km long; My Phuoc - Tan Van Road overlap section is 15.3 km long). The investment scale is 8 expressway lanes with parallel roads on both sides and corridors for planting trees and arranging technical infrastructure works.
Mr. Tran Hung Viet - Director of the Provincial Transport Construction Investment Project Management Board, reports to the provincial leadership on the progress of package XL1, which is the construction of the Tan Van intersection.
The XL1 construction package for the Tan Van interchange has a length of 2.4km, including 22 branch lines and 8 overpasses. The construction unit has deployed 17 construction teams, 90 pieces of machinery and equipment, and over 250 personnel working on site.
To date, the site clearance progress has reached 99%, with the total construction output reaching nearly 20%. The construction unit continues to coordinate with local authorities and households to acquire the remaining land and is accelerating the construction progress. Technical infrastructure relocation is expected to be completed in April and early May 2025.
The XL1 construction package for the Tan Van intersection is currently being implemented.
Reporting to the delegation, Mr. Tran Hung Viet, Director of the Provincial Transport Construction Investment Project Management Board, stated that the construction package for the Binh Chuan intersection and the joining of the Binh Goi bridge from Thuan An City (Binh Duong Province) across Cu Chi District (Ho Chi Minh City) are expected to be completed by September 2025, with the bridge joining scheduled for April 30th of this year. By December 2025, the project aims to achieve approximately 80% completion, focusing on the main expressway route. As of now, 76.5 hectares of land have been handed over for the implementation of the construction packages, reaching 95.7%. The determination is to complete 100% of the site clearance in March 2025 to allow the construction units to carry out the project packages as planned.
Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuan - General Director of Becamex IDC, reports on the investment plan for the 15.3km section coinciding with the My Phuoc - Tan Van road.
Also during the survey, leaders of the Department of Construction and Becamex IDC Corporation reported to the provincial leaders on the construction plan for the 15.3 km section of Ring Road 3, which coincides with My Phuoc - Tan Van Road. Accordingly, Binh Duong proposed to invest in this 15.3 km section in the form of public investment with component projects such as a 4-lane elevated highway bridge, an urban road below, and the Tan Van intersection.
Mr. Nguyen Van Loi – Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee delivers guidance at the progress survey of Ring Road 3
After reporting and inspecting the actual progress at the construction site, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Loi acknowledged and praised the efforts of all levels, sectors, localities, and construction units in overcoming difficulties and ensuring project progress. The Provincial Party Secretary requested localities to drastically accelerate the progress, complete the compensation and site clearance work to serve the project construction in March 2025; the construction unit needs to focus manpower and resources to ensure implementation according to the set plan.
Regarding the investment plan for the 15.3km section overlapping My Phuoc - Tan Van road, the Provincial Party Secretary suggested that the Department of Construction coordinate with Becamex IDC to immediately study and build this route, upgrading it to a 4-lane expressway connecting to the Ring Road 3 expressway system, ensuring timely handover of the entire route by April 30, 2026, according to the Government's general plan.
Provincial leaders present souvenirs to the construction unit of the XL1 package of Ring Road 3
Developing An Binh Station into a hub for production activities.
On the same afternoon, provincial leaders held a working session and surveyed the progress of the An Binh hub station planning in Di An City.
Mr. Hoang Gia Khanh - General Director of VietNam Railways Corporation, delivers a speech at the working session
At the working session, Mr. Hoang Gia Khanh - General Director of Viet Nam Railways Corporation, stated that An Binh Station is planned to become the main freight station for Ho Chi Minh City, with the orientation of combining international intermodal transport functions. An Binh Station includes a hub station planned for approximately 173 hectares, along with TOD development areas, which are oriented to become an integrated railway industry development zone, inland port commercial areas, automobile mechanical trade and service centers, bonded warehouse service centers, and more. It is expected that by 2050, An Binh Station will handle approximately over 24 million tons of cargo and 25 million passengers.
Mr. Nguyen Anh Minh – Director of Binh Duong Construction Department reports at the working session
According to Mr. Nguyen Anh Minh - Director of the Department of Construction, the scale of An Binh Station compared to the hub station cannot meet the current development needs of the southern region. Binh Duong Province has adjusted the planning to 190 hectares from the public land fund due to the expired land lease of Song Than Industrial Park. This orientation has been integrated into the planning of Binh Duong Province and updated into the planning of railway station routes in the region. It is expected to have full features to connect the region.
Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Loi speaks at the working session at An Binh Station.
Speaking at the working session, Mr. Nguyen Van Loi – Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized that Binh Duong is the first locality in the country assigned by the Government to research and invest in a free trade zone. Therefore, road and railway routes must connect to the free trade zone to create new development momentum. In particular, An Binh station, with its special role and position, needs to be oriented to develop as a "wholesale market" for the province's production activities and the southern region - where there is a system of warehouses, freight forwarding, and cargo transshipment for railway routes and international intermodal transport functions.
The Provincial Party Secretary noted that Di An City is oriented to develop as a science and technology, commercial service, civilized, and modern urban area, a livable place. Therefore, the city must accelerate projects to achieve this goal. Regarding the An Binh station project, Di An City leaders need to focus on mobilizing people to carry out compensation and site clearance for the project. The consulting unit, in coordination with Becamex, should research a plan to connect the railway from An Binh Station to the province's future free trade zone. Thereby creating favorable conditions for the socio-economic development of the province and the region.
Provincial leaders presented souvenirs to Viet Nam Railways Corporation and An Binh Station.