Works start at a road section in Liên Chiểu Port in Đà Nẵng City. A series of key traffic infrastructure projects commenced construction in the city in 2024. Photo courtesy of Lê Lâm

Chairman of the city’s people’s committee Lê Trung Chinh joined the work resumption event of the upgraded project on national road No 14B – a key traffic connection of the National Highway No 1A, the Hồ Chí Minh Trail, the East-West Economic Corridor, the south and east of the city.

Chinh said the project is be one of the most anticipated key projects that helps create smooth traffic on the multi-vehicle national road and railway system.

He said the project will also offer a rendezvous for logistics service, deep-sea port, industrial zones and hi-tech parks, as well as promoting links among Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Việt Nam via the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC).

A section of national road No 14B. Đà Nẵng City began upgrading the road creating smooth traffic connection with national road system. VNS Photo Công Thành

National road No 14B, which connects Đà Nẵng City’s Tiên Sa Port to Thạnh Mỹ Town in Quảng Nam Province with total length of 73km, is having a 7.58km section in Đà Nẵng City upgraded at a cost of VNĐ800 billion (US$32 million) from 2023.

The road was designed with six lanes including two mixed vehicle traffic, allowing max speed at 80km per hour. It would be completed in 2025.

Last year, the city already opened the Hòa Phước-Hòa Khương section of a ring-road project with funds from the World Bank, easing the city’s inner congestion and linking with road No 14B and the Hồ Chí Minh Trail.

Also starting construction in 2024, the city began the 1.4km Quảng Đà Bridge project, including the 200m bridge section spanning the Yên River, to connect Hòa Vang District and Điện Bàn Town in Quảng Nam Province.

The bridge and entryway project will be built with VNĐ274 billion ($10.9 million), paving smooth links from Quang Nam to No 14B, Tien Sa Port, EWEC, Đà Nẵng Hi-tech Park, on-going construction Liên Chiểu Port and Kim Liên railway cargo station.

Patients wait at the Paediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital. Đà Nẵng plans to upgrade the hospital for better service and capacity. VNS Photo Công Thành

The project was scheduled to be put into operation in March of 2025.

In expanding healthcare service for central and Central Highlands region, the city commenced construction of the second stage of the Paediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital with an investment of VNĐ789 billion ($31.6 million).

The 600-bed hospital, one of the largest of its kind in central Việt Nam, was downgraded and overloaded after 10 years of operation. It will be upgraded to 1,350 beds including a high tech medical centre service with modern equipment and facilities.

The upgraded hospital would provide healthcare for 1,500 patients including 750 in-patients each day.

Đà Nẵng currently has 12 hospitals with 1,000 doctors and more than 620 consulting rooms and medical care centres, but the system was overloaded as it provided service to central cities and provinces throughout the region.

Two more social housing projects began in 2024 including apartments for People with Special Contributions to the country and athletes.

The first 209 flats for People with Special Contributions to the country in Ngũ Hành Sơn District would be completed and handed over this October. The city is building another 200-flat apartment project in Hải Châu District, scheduled for official operation in 2025.

Đà Nẵng city at the same time started upgrading the overloaded Thọ Quang fishing port with an allocated fund of VNĐ250 billion ($10 million).

The port was built as a regional fishery logistics centre and a storm-shelter location for 800 high-capacity fishing vessels.

The project will build new piers to host more fishing boats and a waste treatment plant, as well as a trade centre to serve 3,000 fishermen and traders.

The biggest fishing dock in the central region could handle 17,600 fishing trawlers and 130,000 tonnes of fish and seafood.

Fishing boat dock at Thọ Quang Port in Đà Nẵng City. The port will be improved to handle more vessels and increase fishery logistics services. VNS Photo Công Thành

It also shelters 2,000 fishing boats, three times more than its capacity, and even 4,000 boats during the stormy season.

The port zone is home to 23 seafood processing plants and 11 shipyards.

A waste water treatment collection system project was commenced in 2024, providing qualified treatment for an area from Tiên Sơn Bridge to Ngũ Hành Sơn District before release into the environment. VNS