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THE
PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
06/2002/QD-TTg
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Hanoi,
January 07, 2002
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DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM�S RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT SECTOR TILL 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
Considering the proposal of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (Report
No. 4434/GTVT-KHDT of December 27, 2000) and the evaluation opinion of the
Ministry of Planning and Investment (Official Dispatch No. 5952/BKH-CSHT of
September 4, 2001),
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve
the master plan on the development of Vietnam’s
railway communications and transport till 2020 with the following principal
contents:
1. The master plan’s
objectives:
The Master Plan on the development of the
railway communications and transport till 2020 shall serve as basis for the
investment in building and developing rational and uniform railway networks
nationwide, with scales suitable to each territorial region, forming centers of
combined railway transport infrastructures and services, facilitating the
exploitation of the existing potentials and developing the capability of the
railway communications and transport sector.
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b/ To meet the need to industrialize and
modernize the railway communications and transport sector on the basis of
bringing into full play internal resources and making investment in priority
and key areas with every available capital source, aiming to ensure sustainable
development, enhance the capacity of the managerial system, expand the
provision of various services, ensure traffic safety, promote and raise the
sector’s existing economic
and technical strengths.
2. Contents and scale of major components of the
Master Plan
a/ The railway communications and transport
should account for 25% - 30% of tons and ton/km, 20%-25% of passengers and
passenger/km of the total transportation volume of the entire communications
and transport branch. By 2020, the urban passenger transportation by train
shall reach at least 20% of the passenger volume in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh
cities.
b/ To maintain the existing railway gauges,
including 1,000 mm and 1,435 mm gauges and integrated gauges (1,000 mm and
1,435 mm) and upgrade and transform them up to technical standards. If new
railway sections and lines are built, they must be compatible and easily
connectable with the existing railway gauge in such regions. In particular, the
high-speed North-South railway line shall be built with the gauge of 1,435 mm.
c/ To develop railway transport means along the
direction of diversification and rational structure, renew the tractive power
and the conveyance power along the direction of modernization, reduction of
costs and prices; to attach importance to developing high-speed trains,
self-propelled trains, container trains To apply advanced technologies to
transportation and building of new means in order to increase the cargo train
speed to at least 80 km per hour and the passenger train speed to at least 120
km per hour by 2020.
d/ The major technical standards shall be
specified by the Minister of Communications and Transport after reaching
agreement with the concerned bodies and comply with current regulations.
e/ Investment in infrastructures towards 2020:
- The period till 2010:
+ To upgrade the existing rail lines up to the
prescribed technical standards and build a number of new sections, lines and
loop-lines leading to key ports, industrial parks and economic zones throughout
the country and connect them with the existing lines; to give priority to
enhancing the capacity and modernizing the North-South axis line and the
East-West axis line; to electrify the Hanoi - Hai Phong line, which shall serve
as basis for developing the electric tractive power in the next period.
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+ To renew the systems of: optic fiber
communication, digital electronic switchboards, semi-automatic then automatic
signaling, concentrated electric recording, automatic train stops, automatic
cross-road warning� To participate in the
general telecommunications market so as to make full use of the capacity of the
railway sector.
+ To plan and re-arrange for development
establishments which manufacture construction materials, mechanical engineering
accessories and spare parts in service of the repair, maintenance and building
of railway infrastructures.
+ To upgrade and build so as to step by step
complete the system of passenger and cargo stations in the key regions; to give
special attention to passenger stations in the hearts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
cities, which function as the central railway stations, the hubs for
transshipment and connection of transport means as well as the multi-functional
service centers.
- The period till 2020:
To complete the upgrading of the railway lines
up to the national and regional standards, to build a new double-track line and
electrify the Hanoi - Vinh and Sai Gon - Nha Trang lines; continue building new
railway lines so as to form a synchronous and complete railway network up to
modern standards. Along the North - South axis, besides the existing Thong Nhat
railway line, it is necessary to build a separate 1,435 mm double-track line
for high-speed North-South passenger trains, aiming to reduce the traveling
time between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city to under 10 hours, which can be
connectable with the international railway line. To continue building belt
railroads and railways in the inner areas of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh cities as
well as a number of other big cities so as to form a complete and synchronous
urban traffic network.
The estimated investment capital amount needed
for railway infrastructures by 2020 is VND 98,051 billion.
Of which, the 2001-2010 period shall need VND
23,530 billion and the 2010- 2020 period - VND 74,521 billion.
(The list of investment projects in the
2001-2020 period is included in the appendix attached to this Decision).
f/ Investment in the transport business
development till 2020:
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- From now till 2010, to gradually abolish
antiquated and technically backward small-capacity locomotives, import the ones
of large capacity of between 1,500 and 2,200 horse powers; import synchronous
diesel locomotive-overhaul chains so as to overhaul locomotives of all types
before proceeding to assembling domestic locomotives.
- To promote internal resources in building
domestic high-quality and modern passenger carriages, building cargo wagons of
many categories for domestic use and export to some regional countries.
- To build new self-propelled trains.
- To modernize establishments engaged in
repairing and building locomotives and carriages.
- To strongly apply advanced information
technologies to the transport management and administration.
- To reorganize, improve the skills of, train
and re-train the contingent of officials, employees and workers in the railway
sector.
- The demand for investment capital till 2020 is
VND 62,870 billion.
Of which, the 2001-2010 period shall need VND
billion 12,870 and the 2010-2020 period - VND 50,000 billion.
Article 2.- Regarding
investment and major solutions and policies in order to meet the development
demands under the approved master plan
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b/ Groups of major solutions and policies:
- In order to speed up the development of the
railway sector, a large amount of capital should be invested within a short
time in the key projects:
- For each specific project, the railway sector
may borrow credits from the Development Assistance Fund or other credit sources
with interest rates compliant with the preferential policy in each period for
investment in developing infrastructures, renewing transport means or
specialized equipment, and applying new technologies.
- The State shall adopt socio-economic policies
through freights, price subsidies, price supports, etc. for loss-suffering railway
lines in service of people’s
daily life, security and defense.
- Vietnam Railway is a national railway
organization, which should build an organizational system and an overall
mechanism after the model of a State corporation.
Article 3.- Management and
organization of the implementation of the master plan
a/ The Ministry of Communications and Transport
shall take responsibility before the Prime Minister for managing and organizing
the implementation of the master plan on the development of Vietnam’s railway
communications and transport sector till 2020, and approving the detailed plans
on the railway development in each specialized branch, each period and each
region in line with the approved master plan.
b/ The Ministry of Planning and Investment, the
Ministry of Finance, various ministries and branches shall base themselves on
their respective functions and tasks to assume the prime responsibility or
coordinate with one another in performing the tasks related to the approved
master plan.
c/ The provinces and cities across the country,
especially the localities where railways run through, shall have the
responsibility to make contributions and protect railways.
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Article 4.- This
Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing.
Article 5.- The Minister
of Communications and Transport, the Minister of Planning and Investment, the
ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the
agencies attached to the Government, the general director of the Railway Union
of Vietnam, the presidents of the People’s
Committees of the concerned provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to
implement this Decision.
PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai
APPENDIX
THE LIST OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURES TO BE DEVELOPED
TILL 2020
(Issued together with the Prime Minister’s
Decision No. 06/2002/QD-TTg of January 7, 2002)
Ordinal
number
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Investment
demand (million VND)
Notes
2001-2010
2011-2020
TOTAL
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74,521,605
A
Upgrading of the existing railway lines
14,017,675
1
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City line
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2
Hanoi - Lao Cai line
1,620,000
3
Hanoi - Hai Phong line
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4
Hanoi - Dong Dang line
294,695
5
Kep - Ha Long line
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6
Dong Anh - Quan Trieu line
60,100
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Kep - Luu Xa line
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B
Building of new sections and lines
643,400
3,591,000
1
Ha Long - Cai Lan
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2
Yen Vien - Pha Lai
411,600
3
Railways leading to port clusters
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65,000
4
Sai Gon - Vung Tau railway
1,509,200
5
Sai Gon - Loc Ninh railway
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968,800
6
Sai Gon - My tho - Can Tho railway
648,000
Partial
investment
7
Thai Nguyen - Yen Bai railway
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400,000
Partial
investment
8
Di An - Chon Thanh - Dac Nong
Bauxite
exploitation
9
Vung Anh - Mu Da
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Depending on
the Trans-Asia railway
10
Dong Ha - Lao Bao
C
Urban, key, inner-city railways
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42,446,105
1
Hanoi urban railway:
Yen Vien-Van Dien overhead railway
5,000,000
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Binh Trieu overhead railway
3,869,000
3
Hanoi key railway
6,511,008
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4
Hanoi inner-city railway
9,516,872
Partial
investment
5
Ho Chi Minh city key railway
11,640,225
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6
Ho Chi Minh inner-city railway
14,778,000
D
Capacity raising, modernization
28,484,500
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1
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh city railway
14,078,000
2
North-South railway of 1,435 gauge
6,808,000
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3
Hanoi - Yen Vien - Pha Lai - Hai Phong railway
3,350,000
4
Hanoi - Lao Cai Railway
4,248,500
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PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai