A section of National Highway 21B through Nam Dinh.

The Government Office has just sent an official dispatch to the Ministers of Transport, Planning and Investment, Finance, and Justice; and the Chairmen of the People's Committees of Nam Dinh and Ha Nam provinces to convey the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha regarding the investment plan for the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh Expressway Construction Project.

Accordingly, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the People's Committee of Nam Dinh province to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport, the People's Committee of Ha Nam province and relevant agencies to prepare a pre-feasibility study report for phase I of the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh expressway construction investment project in accordance with planning and legal regulations, to avoid loss and waste...

Regarding the project management agency, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport to coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and relevant agencies to report to competent authorities for consideration and decision in accordance with legal regulations; and at the same time propose the refund of investment preparation costs (if any).

Previously, the People's Committee of Nam Dinh province submitted a proposal to the Government for permission to prepare a pre-feasibility study report for the project to build the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh expressway, phase 1 from Phu Ly city, Ha Nam province to Nam Dinh city, Nam Dinh province. The budget for preparing the pre-feasibility study report will be arranged by the People's Committee of Nam Dinh province.

According to the proposal of the Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee, the project has a route length of about 25.1 km and is proposed to have a complete 4-lane highway, emergency lanes on both sides, and parallel roads on both sides. The investment plan is expected to be public investment combining the Government's investment capital with priority for national key projects, the provincial budget and other legal capital sources.

The People's Committees of Nam Dinh and Ha Nam provinces have committed to allocate budgets for the land clearance work for the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh Expressway Construction Project.

For the BOT section (from My Loc toll station in Nam Dinh province to National Highway 10, Nam Dinh city, about 3.9 km long) with toll collection expiring in 2028, after receiving approval from competent authorities to prepare a project pre-feasibility study report, Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee will develop a negotiation plan to liquidate the contract in 2025 (the expected time of project commencement) using the provincial budget to invest synchronously according to the scale of the expressway along the entire route, ensuring the rights and obligations of the relevant parties.

The People's Committee of Nam Dinh province proposed that the Prime Minister assign this locality to be the governing body to implement the project to complete the construction of the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh expressway.

According to the proposal of the People's Committee of Nam Dinh province, the project to build the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh expressway will be implemented on the basis of utilizing, expanding, renovating and upgrading the entire road surface of National Highway 21B from Phu Ly city - Ha Nam province to Nam Dinh city - Nam Dinh province, according to the standard of a complete 4-lane expressway, emergency lanes on both sides according to TCVN 5729-2012, design speed of 100 km/h, parallel roads, frontage roads on both sides according to the standard of a level IV plain road, building overpasses and elevated roads through important intersections.

The total investment of the Project is about 7,850 billion VND, of which the cost of building the expressway is about 1,463 billion VND (24 km); the cost of building the bridge is about 2,054 billion VND; the cost of building the parallel road along both sides of the route is about 1,219 billion VND (48 km); the cost of building the lighting system, ITS system and some auxiliary items is about 326 billion VND; the preliminary cost of site clearance is about 1,000 billion VND; consulting costs, project management costs, other costs: about 506 billion VND; contingency costs are about 1,282 billion VND.

If approved by competent authorities, the Ha Nam - Nam Dinh Expressway Construction Project will be implemented from 2025 to 2028.