THE PRIME MINISTER
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No. 371/QD-TTg
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence– Freedom – Happiness
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Hanoi, April 3, 2012
 
DECISION
ON APPROVING THE DETAILED PLANNING ON TRANSVERSE ROADS CONNECTED WITH HO CHI MINH ROAD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Resolution No. 38/2004/QH11 of December 3, 2004, of the of the XIth National Assembly, at its 6th session, on the guideline for investment in construction of Ho Chi Minh road;
Pursuant to the Decision No. 242/QD-TTg of February 15, 2007, of the Prime Minister on approving the overall planning on Ho Chi Minh road;
At the proposal of the Minister of Transport,
DECIDES:
 
Article 1. To approve the detailed planning on system of transverse roads connected with Ho Chi Minh road with the following major contents:
1. Viewpoints and objectives
- The system of transverse roads connected with Ho Chi Minh road includes roads linking Ho Chi Minh road with national highways along the North-South axis (national highway 1, North-South expressway and coastal roads), international border gates, seaports, airports, important national highways and economic, political and social centers under the planning approved by the Prime Minister, forming a complete road traffic network aiming to enhance the investment effectiveness of Ho Chi Minh road and facilitate for response to natural disasters as well as national defense and security consolidation;
- The system of transverse roads connected with Ho Chi Minh road is established on the basis of current routes combined with the upgrading, improving or new construction of a number of road sections in conformity with transport development strategies, approved planning and socio-economic development strategies of the provinces where have routes going pass, in order to satisfy the near-future and long-term transport needs as well as requirements of national industrialization and modernization;
- The detailed planning on transverse roads connected with Ho Chi Minh road aims to bring out investment-phasing plans on transverse roads in conformity with phases of Ho Chi Minh road under the approved planning. In the near future, focusing on constructing transverse roads with urgent needs to enhance the investment effectiveness, and the next, investing in remaining roads.

2. Contents of the planning