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A report by the Ho Chi Minh Road Project Management Board submitted to the ministry indicated that 79% of the project, or 2,180 kilometers of the total 2,744 kilometers, has been completed so far.
A section of the road spanning 172 kilometers is open to traffic, while the Cam Lo-La Son section, stretching 98.3 kilometers, is being prepared for construction in 2019. Work on another section, which is 289 kilometers long, has been suspended due to the lack of capital.
According to the National Assembly’s Resolution 66/2013, the remaining sections are expected to be completed by 2020 to put into use the entire main route, stretching from Pac Po in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang to Dat Mui Commune in Ca Mau Province in the nation’s southern tip. The road has been designed with two lanes.
Work has yet to begin on three sections of the road: the 30-kilometer section running from Cho Chu to Trung Son Intersection in Tuyen Quang Province, with a total investment of VND1.8 trillion from government bonds; the Rach Soi-Ben Nhat-Go Quao-Vinh Thuan section, spanning 55 kilometers, with 17 kilometers across National Highway 61 and 38 kilometers that will require construction, costing VND3.8 trillion; and the last 130-kilometer section stretching from Doan Hung to Cho Ben, with estimated capital of VND16 trillion.
Considering the shortage of funds, the management board had proposed the Ministry of Transport request the Government to extend the project deadline to 2020 for the two-lane road construction for the Cho Chu-Trung Son Intersection and the remaining section of Rach Soi-Ben Nhat-Go Quao -Vinh Thuan.
Resolution 66/2013 mandates that the Doan Hung-Cho Ben section follow the build-operate-transfer format, but the plan failed due to the huge investment capital required .
The management board then proposed converting the investment format to funding from the State budget and government bonds or official development assistance loans.
The Ho Chi Minh Road is 3,167 kilometers long, running parallel to National Highway 1A from the north to the south.
The project has been divided into three phases: the first phase covered 2,000 kilometers between Hoa Lac in Hanoi City and Binh Phuoc Province. The section from Pac Po in Cao Bang Province to Hoa Lac and N2 Line passing HCMC was constructed in the second phase. The third phase is expected to finish the construction of the entire road, connecting all of the sections. Some of these sections are to be built under the expressway model.