The announcement stated: The Central Executive Committee and the Politburo have reviewed and approved the Government's proposals related to the development of the railway sector, including: Upgrading existing railway lines; continuing to implement suspended and delayed railway lines; implementing large-scale railway projects, such as the North-South high-speed railway, the railway connecting with China and urban railway lines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

To realize the policy set forth by the Central Executive Committee and the Politburo, the National Assembly issued Resolutions No. 172/2024/QH15 on investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project; No. 187/2025/QH15 on investment policy for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project; No. 188/2025/QH15 on piloting a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies to develop the urban railway network system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

At the first meeting of the Steering Committee, the Prime Minister assigned 24 tasks to ministries, branches and localities focusing on removing difficulties and obstacles, and speeding up procedures for preparing investment projects.

According to the report of the Ministry of Construction, basically the tasks have been carried out on schedule, but for the draft Resolution implementing Resolution No. 188/2025/QH15, the People's Committees of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been slow in implementing it.

The Prime Minister acknowledged the achievements of ministries, branches and localities in organizing and implementing assigned tasks; welcomed the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Justice and the People's Committee of Hai Phong City for proactively implementing tasks and implementing the direction of the Government's leaders. At the same time, he commended and highly appreciated the careful and complete preparation of documents and reports by the Ministry of Construction at the second meeting of the Steering Committee under the conditions that the Ministry of Construction is carrying out many tasks and has a short preparation time. The tasks in the coming time are heavy, the progress is urgent, especially the tasks of the Ministry of Construction.

The Prime Minister requested that agencies continue to mobilize maximum resources for railway projects; review and strengthen human resources (state management agencies at all levels, project management boards, consulting units, etc.), focusing on the following tasks:

Firstly, continue to review and perfect mechanisms and policies, mobilize resources, diversify capital sources (including: central and local capital, loans, issuance of government and enterprise bonds, public-private partnerships, etc.); promptly report to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee to supplement and update appropriate specific policies and mechanisms to enhance decentralization, reduce investment procedures; develop the railway industry, master railway technology suitable to Vietnam's conditions.

Second, focus on synchronously implementing key railway projects such as the North-South high-speed railway, railways connecting with China, railways connecting key economic regions, urban railways in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; urgently and quickly resolve problems related to site clearance, investment procedures, etc., in which priority is given to choosing the route of railway projects based on the principle of "shortest and straightest possible; tunneling through mountains; building bridges across rivers".

Third, enhance the application of technology, improve the quality and efficiency of operations; access and apply advanced technologies in the construction, management and exploitation of railways; train high-quality human resources to operate modern railway systems, meeting long-term development requirements; mobilize state-owned and private corporations and enterprises with technological and production capacity to participate in projects and develop the railway industry; receive and master modern technology, scientific and intelligent management to develop the railway industry, serving the industrialization and modernization of the country.

Ministries, branches and agencies, according to their functions, tasks and powers, shall proactively and actively follow the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, resolutions, conclusions and directions of the Central Committee, the Politburo, the National Assembly, the Government and the Prime Minister to organize and ensure the goal of synchronously implementing railway projects; ensure the plan to start construction of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong route by the end of 2025 and start construction of the North-South high-speed railway project by the end of 2026.

During the implementation process, agencies, units, and project management boards must absolutely not allow negativity, waste, or group interests to occur. The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to absorb and complete the pilot Resolution on specific policies and mechanisms, especially in investment in the construction of railway infrastructure systems; send it to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal; ensure the progress of submission to the National Assembly at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly for consideration on May 5, 2025; focus on developing the Prime Minister's Decision regulating the list of railway industrial services and goods assigned to state-owned organizations and enterprises or ordered to Vietnamese organizations and enterprises (including private enterprises) and the Decree stipulating criteria for selecting state-owned organizations and enterprises assigned with tasks or Vietnamese organizations and enterprises ordered to provide railway industrial services and goods; strive to do so no later than June 15, 2025.

At the same time, the Ministry of Construction will coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training to complete the Human Resources Development Project, to be completed in June 2025; preside over and coordinate with ministries, Viettel Group, VNPT Group and relevant agencies to select appropriate implementation options in assigning enterprises to receive and transfer railway signal information technology to serve railway projects; to be completed in June 2025.

The Ministry of Construction shall preside over and coordinate with the People's Committees of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to complete and submit to the Government a Resolution implementing Resolution No. 188/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly, to be completed before May 15, 2025; preside over the development and promulgation of a complete system of Regulations and Standards applicable to railway projects (to be completed in May 2025).

The Ministry of Finance shall review the central and local regular expenditure savings in 2025 to prioritize project implementation; report to the Prime Minister in May 2025; continue to direct and organize the preparation of the Project on restructuring Vietnam Railways Corporation, to be completed in June 2025.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment urgently develops a Decree regulating the temporary use and return of forests to carry out temporary construction works serving the project, to be completed in June 2025.

The Ministry of Science and Technology urgently speeds up the progress of drafting a Decree regulating the development of railway science and technology and detailed regulations on research, application, and technology transfer according to simplified procedures; to be completed in May 2025; to coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to develop and promulgate a complete system of Regulations and Standards applicable to railway projects (to be completed in May 2025).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade completes the Railway Industry Development Project and submits it to the Government for promulgation in June 2025; presides over and coordinates with the Vietnam Electricity Group to review and guide investors on power supply and power systems for electrified railway projects; at the same time, continues to review electricity demand to ensure supply for railway projects; to be completed in June 2025.

The Prime Minister requested the People's Committees of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to urgently complete the content of the Government's Resolution on implementing Resolution No. 188/2025/QH15 and send it to the Ministry of Construction for synthesis and submission to the Government, and submit it to the Government before May 15, 2025. Based on the assigned tasks and authorizations, proactively carry out the work to implement urban railway projects. In case of difficulties without specific and special regulations and mechanisms, urgently seek guidance from relevant ministries and branches to continue implementing projects to ensure quality and progress.

Localities where the project passes through shall take the lead in organizing the implementation of compensation, support and resettlement of the project; establish a Steering Committee for site clearance (the Provincial Party Secretary and City Party Secretary shall be the Head of the Committee) and a Steering Committee Support Team: the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong project shall be completed by May 5, 2025, and the North-South high-speed railway project shall be completed before July 1, 2025.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to assign the Railway Project Management Board to send officials to participate in the Steering Committees of localities; urgently develop an implementation plan and allocate local budget capital to deploy the construction of resettlement areas; carry out site clearance work according to the project policy, build resettlement areas to serve the project without having to establish an investment policy (meeting the progress of the projects).

Vietnam Railway Corporation urgently coordinates with the Hanoi People's Committee to implement procedures for allocating land for the Railway Industrial Complex to serve railway projects according to regulations; coordinates with the Ministry of Construction in the process of developing the Prime Minister's Decision regulating the list of railway industrial services and goods assigned to organizations and enterprises and the Decree stipulating criteria for selecting state-owned organizations and enterprises assigned tasks or Vietnamese organizations and enterprises ordered to provide railway industrial services and goods, clearly defining the tasks that the Corporation can undertake to serve the development of the railway industry.

The Prime Minister also gave instructions on a number of key railway projects.

Specifically: Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to promptly receive and fully explain the opinions of Government members, complete the draft Resolution of the Government implementing Resolution No. 187/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly, and submit it to the Government on May 5, 2025.

Take the lead in working with localities to agree on the scale and route of the Project in May 2025 as a basis for implementing site clearance, survey, design and preparation of the Project Feasibility Study Report; urgently implement investment preparation procedures to ensure the project starts in December 2025. Localities urgently implement site clearance to ensure completion in 2025.

Regarding the North-South high-speed railway project, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Construction to complete the draft Resolution on special mechanisms and submit it to the National Assembly for approval at the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly (to the Government on May 5, 2025). Ministries, branches and localities shall base on the plan approved by the Government in Resolution 106/NQ-CP to organize implementation to meet the project's commencement schedule by the end of 2026.

For urban railway lines: Line No. 3 (Hanoi - Yen So), the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Finance to urgently implement the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son in Official Dispatch No. 2719/VPCP-QHQT dated April 1, 2025, complete the Proposal Document, submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval of the proposal to use ODA capital/preferential loans according to the proposal of the Hanoi People's Committee, to be completed on May 5, 2025; Line No. 2 (Ho Chi Minh City - Tham Luong), Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee urgently receives, completes the dossier, drafts the Decision according to Official Dispatch No. 3084/VPCP-QHQT dated April 11, 2025 on stopping the use of ODA capital, switching to public investment capital, submit to the Prime Minister on May 5, 2025. The People's Committees of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City urgently coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to complete the Government's Resolution implementing Resolution 188/2025/QH15.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction (the standing agency of the Steering Committee) to preside over and coordinate with the Government Office to monitor, urge and guide localities, agencies and units to implement the above assigned tasks; promptly report to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc for direction and removal of difficulties and obstacles.

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