'Overcoming the sun and rain' speeds up the progress of Tan Nam International Border Gate project

These days, the weather in Tay Ninh is extremely hot, exceeding 38 - 39 degrees Celsius, sometimes with heavy rain. However, at the construction site of Tan Nam International Border Gate, more than 380 engineers and workers are still working hard, determined to complete the project on schedule on August 30, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

Báo Long An•23/08/2025

Tan Nam International Border Gate, opposite Meun Chay Border Gate, Prey Veng Province, Kingdom of Cambodia. (Photo: Chau Tam)

The project to build Tan Nam International Border Gate (located in Tan Bien commune, Tay Ninh province), opposite Meun Chay Border Gate, Prey Veng province, Kingdom of Cambodia, has a total investment of 274 billion VND (of which, 130 billion VND is from the central budget, the rest is from the provincial budget), invested by the Tay Ninh Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board (Provincial Project Management Board).

The project includes 5 main items: National Gate; Joint control station, square, ceremonial yard; Border control station; Main road of the border gate and Technical infrastructure system (electricity, water, fire prevention and fighting).

All items are oriented to select design solutions, architectural forms, colors, and main materials for construction works at Tan Nam international border gate to ensure solemnity, symbolism, national and ethnic identity, and harmony with the landscape and scale of construction investment.

The joint control station combines a square and a ceremonial yard on the main road of the border gate, with a scale of 2 floors and a height of 14.25m, designed to ensure the working needs of inter-sectoral agencies in the border gate area.

To meet the completion deadline by the end of August 2025, the investor has focused resources, increased the number of construction workers, organized more teams, and accelerated construction in 2 shifts, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. the next morning.

Up to now, the items have reached more than 95% of the volume, exceeding the planned progress.

In 2019, the Prime Minister issued Resolution No. 111/NQ-CP approving the upgrading of Tan Nam Sub-Border Gate, Tay Ninh province to an international border gate.

The Tan Nam - Meun Chey International Border Gate pair officially opened on May 31, 2021, creating favorable conditions for people of the two countries to travel, exchange goods, promote development cooperation, friendly exchanges, and improve the lives of border residents. Thereby, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the good neighborly friendship between the two countries of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Thus, after the merger, Tay Ninh province currently has 4 international border gates: Moc Bai, Xa Mat, Tan Nam and Binh Hiep.

These are images taken at the construction site of Tan Nam International Border Gate:

In the future, Tan Nam International Border Gate will be developed in the direction of an eco -tourism border gate, because this border gate area is located entirely within Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park (Photo: Chau Tam)

A team day includes checking maintenance plans, assigning tasks, monitoring site activities and troubleshooting if problems arise.

The national gate is 25.95m high, was built in 309 days (started on October 26, 2024), and has now completed more than 95% of the volume.

It is not difficult to see the image of workers covered in sweat.

At the height of 25.95m of the National Gate, the roof panels are gradually being completed.

Working at height in the blazing sun

High-altitude "coordinate" engineer

Border control stations are located close to the demarcated border to ensure national defense and security.

The border control station consists of many items. The main project is the Command Office building with a scale of 2 floors, the height of the project is 12.78m, the implementation time is 360 days, starting from January 3, 2025, to date has reached more than 92% of the contract volume.

The main road of the border gate (about 1,200m long) has completed the 8-lane cement concrete road surface, brick sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems.