Along with legal documents, the Ministry of Construction proposed a plan for railway industry development and human resource training.

The Ministry of Construction has just submitted to the Government a draft Resolution of the Government promulgating the Plan to implement Resolution No. 172/2024 of the National Assembly on the investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project.

Sufficient legal corridor to mobilize resources to implement the project

This plan is issued to specify the policies and solutions approved by the National Assembly through legal documents guiding their implementation, to have a full legal corridor, facilitate the implementation process, and mobilize resources to implement the project. At the same time, it clearly defines the authority, responsibility, and progress of work implementation of ministries, branches, and localities.

The Ministry of Construction proposes to develop and promulgate legal documents detailing the content, order, procedures, and authority to implement specific and special mechanisms and policies of the Project that the National Assembly has allowed to be applied.

Specifically, the Ministry proposes to develop and issue a Decree regulating the content and requirements for surveying and establishing a comprehensive technical design (FEED design) to replace the basic design in the project feasibility study report and the design steps implemented after the FEED design, establishing and managing construction investment costs of projects applying the FEED design.

At the same time, it provides guidance on the obligations and powers of the parties participating in the implementation of the contract in the form of an EPC contract (investor, EPC contractor/general contractor, supervision consultant); detailed regulations and guidance on planning, adjusting zoning plans, and detailed planning of areas surrounding high-speed railway stations.

Decree stipulating criteria for selecting state-owned organizations and enterprises assigned tasks or Vietnamese organizations and enterprises ordered to provide railway industrial goods and services.

Decree guiding the implementation of railway science and technology development work and detailing the research, application and technology transfer for railway projects.

Decree guiding the temporary use and return of forests for the construction of temporary works serving railway projects.

The Ministry also proposed to develop and issue a decision of the Prime Minister regulating the list of railway industrial services and goods assigned to state-owned organizations and enterprises or ordered to Vietnamese organizations and enterprises.

Along with legal documents, the Ministry of Construction proposed a plan for railway industry development and human resource training.

Specifically, develop a project to develop the railway industry until 2035, with a vision to 2045, and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval. It clearly defines the current situation, goals, tasks, and implementation solutions to ensure compliance with the orientation and roadmap for railway industry development submitted to the Politburo; clearly identifies the railway industry sectors that need to be developed, and a specific roadmap for each sector such as: construction, vehicles, supplies, specialized materials, electromechanics, information systems, signals, and supporting industries...

Develop a project for training and developing human resources for the railway sector and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval to implement training according to the plan. The project content must identify the training needs of the subjects participating in construction, management, operation, exploitation and maintenance, including: State management agencies; Project management agencies and units; Investment and construction implementing agencies and units; management, operation, exploitation and maintenance of high-speed railways and other subjects with training needs.

At the same time, the Ministry also proposed to consolidate the specialized Project Management Board to organize project management and implementation. Restructure the Vietnam Railway Corporation to coordinate and participate in the project implementation process right from the investment preparation stage, the implementation process and the reception, management, exploitation, operation and maintenance of infrastructure after the project is completed.

Phan Trang

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/de-xuat-nhieu-chinh-sach-dac-thu-trien-khai-du-an-duong-sat-toc-do-cao-102250418131424068.htm