To soon complete Lach Huyen – Haiphong port design plan

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai recently hosted a meeting to direct the Ministry of Transportation, the investor and the design consultant to soon complete the design plan as well as necessary preparations for the construction of Lach Huyen – Haiphong International Gateway Seaport. This is a large-scaled port project which can receive container ships and vessels up to 100,000 DWT, and suit the demand on goods circulation in Haiphong which has already been overstrained.

With total invested capital of more than VND 18,600 billion, the project will carry out dredging 17.4 kilometers of shipping routes and turning basin, and constructing 3,230 meters of breakwater, 7,600 meters of sand-control groin, and 2 terminals for container ships up to 100,000 DWT.

At the meeting, the consultant presented the design estimates, especially issues regarding to the disposal of dredged soil, which is a large-scaled package with a huge quantity of works, i.e. 37 million cubic meters as total estimated. After considering and recapitulating comments, Deputy Prime Minister guided Ministry of Transportation to implement tasks in detail to relevant agencies of the project, and soon bring out appraisals and proposals on technical design plans which are suited to the condition, target, feasibility and effectiveness of the Lach Huyen port project. Deputy Prime Minister also suggested to pay attention to accounting data in the design plans, environmental impact assessment of the whole project as well as of the waterway dredging package. Ministry of Planning and Investment and Ministry of Finance worked out proposals on corresponding capital to implement the project in 2012.