Talking with engineers and experts of the Investor (Vidifi), construction contractors as well as Supervision Consultants on the construction site, we learned that there are more than 3,000 workers and over 400 foreign engineers and experts who have been working at this construction site. On peak days, there are nearly 1,500 people working. Currently, in many bidding packages, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese workers and experts still work three shifts continuously without a break. All are trying to speed up the progress, regaining the time that has been delayed due to site clearance and weak ground treatment, determined to open the route through Hai Phong City by the end of 2014 and the entire project by the end of 2015.

According to the investor's representative, the construction progress on the construction site of the bidding packageshas reached 24-60%

Our recognition, after a day of inspecting the construction site from start to finish, from the EX1-EX10 package with a total route length of 105.5km, passing through 4 provinces and cities: Hanoi, Hung Yen, Hai Duong and Hai Phong, is a very urgent working atmosphere. A large construction site with a 33 m wide embankment for 6 lanes, a huge amount of excavated soil, but not by human power but mainly by construction machinery. And here, we witnessed the largest concrete mixing plant operating with many modern machinery and equipment being put into highway construction for the first time.

Project Director of Shandong Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd
We are pleased to announce that the EX9 contract will arrive on schedule

In front of reporters' cameras, convoys of vehicles loaded sand on bumpy and winding service roads. Many overpasses with formwork scaffolding systems, dense concrete interspersed with beautiful welding flames like fireworks on the construction site even though the winter weather is somewhat cold... Many Korean and Chinese engineers, experts and American supervision consultants like Mr. Poserph Kuck at EX7 are very happy because the heaviest parts of work such as site clearance and soft ground treatment of the bidding package have passed. The scaffolding has now risen, many bridges have collapsed, the two largest bridges of the project such as Thanh An bridge (EX7), Lach Tray bridge (EX10) have basically completed the most difficult parts of the lower structure... All the images and sounds on the construction site brought radiant joy to the owners and guests on the last day of 2012.

Machinery and equipment operate one after another on the construction site

The construction site of the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway at the end of the year is like a vivid picture. Covering everything is a bustling and urgent working atmosphere because of the importance of the project, with the goal of opening traffic at the end of 2014 with more than 30 km section in Hai Phong and the end of 2015 for the entire project.

The construction site is like a vivid picture with many new types of machinery and equipment

It is known that, not only worrying about progress, but special attention is paid to project quality management by the Investor, because this is the first most modern expressway in Vietnam built with a completely new specific model.  Therefore, the Investor has established a Project Management Board and hired a foreign supervision consultant to perform construction supervision.  A quality management system is established from construction contractors, supervision consultants... investors to best control project quality.

The pillars of Thanh An bridge have risen high

According to the leader of Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Financial Investment Corporation (VIDIFI), after nearly 4 years since the start of construction, the site clearance work has basically been completed, 9/10 bidding packages have been implemented. The Hanoi - Hai Phong expressway project is implemented in the BOT form, not using state capital. VIDIFI has actively worked with provinces and cities to speed up the progress of surveying and planning urban areas and industrial parks according to Decision No. 1621/QD-TTg dated November 29, 2007 of the Prime Minister on a number of pilot mechanisms and policies for investment in the Hanoi - Hai Phong Expressway Project to invest and recover capital.

Meeting us on the construction site, Mr. Li Hong Wei (Chinese) - Quality Director at EX3 package said that he had been here for 2 years and had become familiar with the work and climate in Vietnam. Because of the progress of the project, this Tet he did not return home but stayed at the construction site with his fellow workers. According to Mr. Li Hong Wei, the most difficult job today is focusing on dealing with sinking ground. While waiting, the unit is focusing on constructing the overpass. The construction site will not take a break for New Year's Day, and will only give workers one day off for Lunar New Year, all for the progress of the contract package.

The abutment of Lach Tray bridge is as beautiful as a picture even though the late winter weather is somewhat gloomy

At package EX4, Hai Duong district, Mr. Lee Moon Hee - Project Director said that package EX 4, 15km long, has a construction period of 36 months, a construction package that has only been started for 15 months. Although the first phase of site clearance work was slow, as well as the complex work of handling soft ground, the current progress has reached 26%. However, on the construction site of the contract package there is no Tet holiday on the construction site, in return the unit is very concerned about the working and living conditions of the workers.

At Thanh An bridge, package EX 7, Mr. Kim Hyo Seok - Project Director said:
At peak, there were 400 workers with 8 Korean experts working continuously

At Thanh An bridge under EX 7 package, Mr. Kim Hyo Seok - Project Director said: at peak time, there were 400 workers with 8 Korean experts working continuously in 3 shifts on the construction site. Progress has now reached 52%, only about 2% slower than required. He said that in this bidding package, many new technologies such as PVD, SCP, SD are applied. Especially SCP technology-  compacted sand piles. The roadbed treatment work in this package alone has reached 80%, many piers of Thanh An bridge have been raised, and both ends of the bridge are ready to launch girders.

More than 2 km of section through Hai Phong is being covered with ATP layer

In the EX9 package, young engineer Hoang Minh Duc, representative of the supervision consulting unit, joked: You see,  Shandong Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd. (China) won the bid for the entire EX8+EX 9 package. They worked very diligently, plus the machinery and equipment brought from China was quite complete, so the work progress was very guaranteed. Currently, the earliest completed section on the route, Hai Phong area has a very beautiful ATP layer, ensuring the technical requirements of the project. Modern concrete mixing plant with large capacity of over 300 tons/h operates continuously. If this progress continues, this will be the fastest bidding package to finish, earlier than required. According to Mr. Wang Yu Chi, Director of Son Dong Bridge and Road Group Co., Ltd., they will complete the first EX9 package in Hai Phong at the end of 2013.

Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway is a key project of the transportation industry and currently holds many records. This is the first time a modern, large-scale highway is invested in the BOT form, with a bank as the investor and using less than 30% of the total investment from the State. It is also the most modern highway in Vietnam with a design speed of 120km/h, 6 main lanes, 2 emergency stop lanes, toll collection in a closed form, both sides have a system of collector roads connecting to local roads and 2 strips. green tree. The site clearance scope is 100m wide, of which the cross-section of the main road is 33m wide, the total length of the route is 105.5km.

Mr. Poserph Kuck, American supervision consultant, is present on the construction site

Recently, while inspecting the progress of the project, Minister of Transport - Dinh La Thang asked the contractors to mobilize more machinery, equipment and human resources to urgently carry out the construction, taking advantage of favorable weather to speed up progress. The Ministry of Transport commits to creating the most favorable conditions for the Investor and contractor to complete this important traffic project on schedule as assigned by the Prime Minister.

This is the construction site with the largest volume of embankment materials

Saying goodbye to the workers as well as the engineers and experts on the construction site, we believe that with the high determination of the Investor (Vidifi) and the contractors and supervision consultants, the project will open the route through Hai Phong city at the end of 2014 and the entire project at the end of 2015.

The Hanoi - Hai Phong expressway is invested as a type A expressway, design speed 120km/h, 6 main lanes, 2 emergency stopping lanes, toll collection in a closed form, both sides have a collector road system connecting to local roads and 2 strips of green trees. The site clearance scope is 100m wide, of which the cross-section of the main road is 33m wide, the total length of the route is 105.5km. The project goes through 04 provinces and cities: Hanoi, Hung Yen, Hai Duong and Hai Phong. The project's starting point starts from Ring Road III of Hanoi city, about 1,025m from Thanh Tri bridge abutment. The project's endpoint ends at Dinh Vu dam, Hai An district, Hai Phong city.

According to quick notes by Ho Thu Thuy (Transport Newspaper)