Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4: Accelerating progress, ensuring project kick-off target

Dong Nai Province aims to begin construction of the service road component under the Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4 Project (section passing through the province) in June 2026.

The Ring Road 4 section through Dong Nai is more than 46 km long, stretching from Chau Duc Bridge to Thu Bien Bridge (including Thu Bien Bridge). Photo: Pham Tung

However, to meet this goal, one of the biggest challenges is ensuring sufficient land clearance before construction begins.

Establishing a work plan for project commencement

Ring Road 4 passes through three provinces, including Dong Nai, Tay Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City, with a total length of over 159 km. The section in Dong Nai alone spans more than 46 km.

This route plays a strategic role as a key transportation axis connecting the Southeast region with the Southwest and Central Highlands. It facilitates the movement of goods between industrial zones, urban areas, seaports, and airports, and vice versa, while strengthening regional connectivity and promoting socio-economic development in the Southern Key Economic Region.  Additionally, the project is expected to ease traffic pressure in urban centers, create new development space, optimize land-use potential, and support population redistribution from inner-urban areas.

For the Dong Nai section, according to the investment policy approved by the National Assembly, the project is divided into two sub-projects including: Component project 1-2, compensation, support, resettlement, and construction of service and frontage roads using local budget funds; Component project 2-2, construction of the main road with a total investment of over 16.2 trillion VND, implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) method.

On March 16, the Provincial People's Committee approved Component Project 1-2 of Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4. At the same time, Dong Nai province also set the goal of commencing construction of the service road component of the project by the end of June 2026.

Dinh Tien Hai, Director of the Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board, said: To meet the requirements of the Provincial People's Committee, a detailed work plan has been prepared to achieve the project groundbreaking target by the end of June.

Specifically, after handing over land maps and boundary markers to the Provincial Land Fund Development Center, the project management board will coordinate with relevant agencies to carry out tasks such as public consultations, land acquisition planning, establishment of compensation councils, land price determination, and compensation procedures. “The minimum time required to complete these procedures is about 130 days, but under favorable conditions, it could be shortened to 90 days,” Hai said.

According to the requirements of the Provincial People's Committee, for the Ho Chi Minh City's Ring Road 4 project section passing through the province, the target is for relevant units to complete 70% of the project's site area by the end of June 2026, in preparation for groundbreaking. By September 2026, 90% of the site area must be handed over, and the entire project site must be handed over by 2026.

Avoiding fragmented implementation

Recently, at a working session to hear units report on the implementation plan of Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut stated: This is a national key project, approved by the National Assembly with a resolution applying special mechanisms to accelerate implementation. "The service road component of the project must commence construction in June," emphasized Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut.

Chu Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Provincial Land Fund Development Center, said that, according to the unit's plan, if site handover for the project is carried out in full compliance with regulations, implementation cannot begin until October 2026. However, during implementation, if public outreach is well done and residents voluntarily hand over the land early, part of the site area could be handed over sooner.

According to Le Van Binh, Chairman of Xuan Que Commune People's Committee, Dong Nai province, the commune is currently implementing compensation and site clearance for many projects. Therefore, for the Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 4 Project, compensation and site clearance also face many challenges. "One of the biggest difficulties for the locality is the lack of human resources to carry out compensation and site clearance when many projects are being implemented," said Le Van Binh.

Ho Van Ha, Provincial Party Committee member and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, said the province aims to break ground on the project in June 2026. However, if the site handover does not begin until October, that target will not be achievable. Therefore, the relevant units and localities must adopt measures to accelerate implementation.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut also requested that units accelerate compensation and site clearance work to ensure the province's groundbreaking target. He stressed that units must coordinate closely when carrying out the work and avoid situations in which each unit acts on its own, thereby affecting the project's overall progress. "The Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board is fully responsible for the project's progress," said Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut.

By Pham Tung – Translated by Mai Nga, Minho