Transportation InfrastructureDevelopment in Vietnam:CURRENT SITUATION &BIGPROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BE INVEsTEDOVER THE PERIOD TILL 2020 pdf

Transportation Infrastructure
Development in Vietnam:
CURRENT SITUATION
&
BIG PROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BE INVEsTED
OVER THE PERIOD TILL 2020
CURRENT SITUATION ON TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM
In general, transportation infrastructure system in
Vietnam is less developed and satisfying socio-
economic demand :
- A majority of road network has not satisfactory to the
required technical grade, not available with standard
highway.
- Small and narrow urban road system causes traffic
stuck.
- Small airport terminals.
- Vietnam still has no deep terminal.
- Backward railway slow speed train
SITUATION OF INVESTMENT ATTRACTION TO
DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
• Presently, investment in development of transporation
infrastructure is mainly from state budget . For the

1996-2005 time period, State has invested 83,400
billion dong in transportation infrastructure. However,
that still has not met the demand.
• Fund other than State budget mobilized for
development of transportation infrastructure is not
much. Currently, there are altogether 43 Projects
nationwide in the form of BOT investing in

construction of civil transport engineering works with
a total investment amount of 42,000 billion dong.
SOME SOLUTIONS TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO
DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
• State to promulgate some regimes and policies, legal
framework to facilitate for socialization of investment in
development of transportation infrastructure.
• State to perform state management function through planning,
schedule, promulgation of regimes and policies and
supervising, monitoring
• State focuses capital for the planning, support to investment in
focal infrastructure works, create suitable mechanism for the
State and the People jointly proceed.
• Push up investment promotion, promulgation of a list of
investment appealing projects.
• State to issue tax incentive policies, land acquisition and
resettlement
LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO FACILITATE ATTRACTION OF
INVESTMETN FUND IN DEVELOPMENT OF
TRANSPORATION INFRASTRUCTURE
• Decree No. 78/2007/N§-CP dated 11/5/2007 by the Gov regarding
investment in the form of BOT, BTO, BT. Following which, the State
shall encourage to perform construction projects, operation of
infrastructure structure works in the following fields :
- Roadway, bridge, tunnel and related utilities
- Railway, electrical tracking car
- Airport terminals, sea terminals, river terminal, ferry boat jetty
- Water supply plant, water drainage system, sewerage and waste
treatment system
- Power plant, power transmission line

- Infrastructure works should follow the directive opinion of Prime
Minister
The government protect the legal interests and eligible ownership of
the investors who perform the investment in project as per regulations
of this decree. Investors are entitled to recovery of investment fund and
profit as per contract agreement of the project.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO FACILITATE ATTRACTION OF
INVESTMETN FUND IN DEVELOPMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
• Direction No. 15/2007/CT-TTg dated 15/5/2007 by
Prime Minister with regard to some major solutions to
promote foreign investment in Vietnam with the
guideline of maximizing resources for investment in
development of infrastructure structure, especially the
resources out of state budget.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO FACILITATE ATTRACTION OF
INVESTMETN FUND IN DEVELOPMENT OF
TRANSPORATION INFRASTRUCTURE
• Decision No. 412/Q§-TTg dated 11/4/2007 by Prime
Minister regarding the approval of the list of some
core and important transportation infrastructure
projects until 2020 period with the target to complete
one step of transport infrastructure structure for
industrialization and modernization of the country.
SOME LARGE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BE INVESTED OVER THE
PERIOD TILL 2020
1. TransViet (North – South) Expressway
2. Ho chi Minh Highway –Phase II
3. Hanoi –Hai Phong Expressway

4. Hanoi –Lao Cai Expressway
5. Dau Giay –Da Lat Expressway
6. Van Phong International Transit Port
7. Long Thanh International Airport Terminal