Reporting at the Conference to evaluate the results of the first 6 months of the year and deploy key tasks for the last 6 months of 2025 of the Ministry of Construction , Mr. Nguyen Tri Duc, Chief of Office of the Ministry of Construction, said that in the first 6 months of the year, the Ministry of Construction achieved many positive results.

Project progress is good

Regarding infrastructure development, many key national infrastructure projects have had positive changes, especially the North-South expressway projects and inter-regional routes.

Of these, 19 expressway component projects have been completed, and some sections of 6 North-South expressway component projects in the East have been put into operation, bringing the total length of expressway put into operation to 2,268 km, demonstrating the results of the emulation movement "500 days and nights of emulation to complete 3,000 km of expressway" and the mobilization of total resources for the expressway. In addition, 52 other expressway projects are under construction, basically following the set schedule.

The Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project has organized simultaneous site clearance in 20 localities where the route passes through, preparing well for the large-scale construction phase expected from 2026, ensuring the construction progress to start on December 19, 2025.

Since the beginning of 2025, the Ministry of Construction has completed investment and construction procedures to start 8 projects, synchronously completed 2 projects; opened the main route of some component projects of the North-South Expressway in the East in the period of 2021 - 2025. Accelerated infrastructure investment projects have contributed to positive changes in the disbursement of public investment capital.

Out of the total central budget capital plan of VND 87,199 billion assigned by the Prime Minister , by the end of June 2025, the disbursement value of the Ministry of Construction is estimated to reach nearly VND 23,800 billion, reaching more than 27% of the plan, higher than the average disbursement level of central ministries and branches (25.3%).

The transportation sector flourished with the volume of freight transport in the first 6 months estimated at nearly 1,200 million tons, an increase of nearly 15%; Cargo turnover is estimated at 237 billion ton-km, an increase of more than 12% over the same period in 2024. Passenger transport is estimated at 2,255 million passengers, an increase of more than 16%.

Regarding administrative procedure reform, the Ministry of Construction has reviewed 451 administrative procedures related to production and business activities, proposing to cut administrative procedure compliance costs by more than VND 3,977 billion out of a total of more than VND 12,575 billion (reaching a rate of nearly 32%). At the same time, the time to handle administrative procedures has been reduced by 1,672/4,751 days (reaching a rate of more than 35%); 185/447 investment and business conditions have been cut (reaching a rate of more than 41%); 60/132 internal administrative procedures have been cut and simplified (reaching a rate of more than 45%).

In the field of construction activities alone, the Ministry of Construction has proposed to abolish 3/24 administrative procedures; reduce the processing time of 19/21 administrative procedures; and reduce 56/87 investment and business conditions in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.

The Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project has organized simultaneous site clearance in 20 localities where the route passes through.

Complete a huge amount of work

Minister Tran Hong Minh acknowledged: Implementing the Central Resolution on establishing a two-level local government, the Ministry of Construction has completed a huge amount of work. The work of arranging and organizing the apparatus has been carried out quickly, seriously, and stably, ensuring the quality of the staff, demonstrating the spirit of "unanimity from top to bottom, and smoothness from top to bottom".

In construction investment management, the Ministry of Construction has carried out three major tasks: Removing obstacles for the Long Thanh International Airport Project, materials and equipment for the project have been basically resolved, the entire construction site is determined to basically complete the Long Thanh airport project in 2025.

The North-South high-speed railway is implementing investment procedures in accordance with Resolution 68; the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway project is urgently completing investment procedures, striving to start construction in 2025.

The task of completing 3,000km of expressway is currently showing positive signs. The slowest projects have reached 30-40% output; 14 projects managed by the Ministry of Construction have all reached over 70% output, with some projects reaching over 95%.

Regarding the goal of completing 100,000 social housing units this year, Minister Tran Hong Minh requested local Construction Departments to actively advise local leaders on solutions to speed up progress.

Regarding public investment disbursement, although the construction industry has a disbursement rate higher than the national average, Minister Tran Hong Minh assessed that the disbursement rate has not met expectations. The disbursement volume is still very large, about 63,000 billion VND, each month the construction industry has to disburse about 9,000 billion VND.

Therefore, the Minister requested investors and project management boards to synchronously implement solutions to improve disbursement efficiency. The specialized management department must coordinate to closely monitor the progress of projects, especially projects that will start and be completed in 2025 and the group of projects that will start and be completed on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2.

"As for the upcoming railway project, site clearance and resettlement work needs to be carried out soon to meet the start date. In the immediate future, the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong project is scheduled to start construction on December 19 this year," said the Minister.

Noting the issue of transparency in real estate transactions, the Minister requested that affiliated units focus on research and promptly submit to competent authorities to issue a resolution on piloting the model of "Real estate transaction center and land use rights managed by the State".

According to baochinhphu.vn

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