Deputy PM checks Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line project
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh conducted a fact-finding tour on June 29 to the construction site of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line, one of the projects in HCM City using official development assistance (ODA).
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (third from right) at the construction site of Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh conducteda fact-finding tour on June 29 to the construction site of the Ben Thanh-SuoiTien metro line, one of the projects in HCM City using official developmentassistance (ODA).
He acknowledgedthe efforts of the city’s railway management board, experts, contractors, andconstruction units in ensuring progress of the project but also took note ofshortcomings in implementation.
He urgedthem to continue their endeavours and put the project into operation.
Bui XuanCuong, head of the railway management board, said 73.5 percent of the work hasbeen completed and contractors, engineers, and workers are striving to complete85 percent by the end of this year.
The greatestdifficulty at present is the impact of COVID-19, with experts returning home ornot being permitted to come to Vietnam, he noted.
He proposedthe government consider devising special mechanisms for the entry of expertsinto Vietnam, so that progress is no longer affected./.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (third from right) at the construction site of Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line (Photo: VNA) 
