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In early November, there will be about 100 experts and staff from the Chinese general contractor coming to Vietnam, intending to test the entire system of the Cat Linh – Ha Dong railway project in December.
The leader of the Railway Project Management Unit, Ministry of Transport (MOT) – gave Reporter Dan Tri Learn about the information above, this afternoon (October 26).
Currently, the project continues to prepare the workforce for the trial operation, especially China EPC General Contractor experts, French experts from the system security assessment consultant.
Specifically, up to now, 61 Chinese personnel have been present in the project. As of early November, 36 more employees were still arriving in Vietnam. The 150 Chinese employees working on the Cat Linh – Ha Dong railway project are expected to be fully present in November.
Meanwhile, the consortium of independent consultants to assess the security of the system (Apave-Certifier-Tricc) is not present in Vietnam. The consulting unit has around 8-10 people, due to the complicated situation of Covid-19 in Europe, the group of experts has difficulties to move and enter Vietnam.
The leader of the Railway Project Management Board said that the French expert staff will come to Vietnam on many occasions to adapt to the nature of the work of each group, the expected time is the end of October and the end of November 2020..
According to the rail project management board leader, this unit is cooperating with relevant parties to develop a plan for the trial operation of the Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban rail system, to serve the safety assessment. system and acceptance of the entire project. The project will be tested system-wide in December 2020.
This is also a mandatory stage in the process of safety assessment and certification of the urban rail system in general. After the trial operation period, the consultant will evaluate and issue a certificate of the project’s safety and quality system and submit it to the Vietnam Registry for evaluation and certification to put it into official operation.
“The project will be launched for the entire system designed in 20 days. The goal of the plan is to complete the trial operation in the remaining months of 2020. Based on the results of the trial operation of the entire system, the consultant, the security monitoring, acceptance and evaluation consultant will issue a certificate to the system. Sure, the investor will accept the project and inform the State Acceptance Council about the test prior to acceptance to proceed with the delivery of the project to the Popular Committee of the City. Hanoi ”- leader of the Information Project Management Board.
The leader of the Railway Project Management Board said that this is also a mandatory stage in the process of evaluating and certifying the safety of the urban railway system in general. After the trial operation period, the consultant will evaluate and issue a certificate of the project’s safety and quality system and send it to the Vietnam Registry for evaluation and certification to put it into official operation.
Previously, the trial operation plan was in early 2020, but due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Chinese general contractor was unable to mobilize enough personnel to Vietnam, leading to difficulties in finishing. technical component alignment and acceptance records to test the operation of the entire system.
In addition, the project also encountered other problems due to differences of opinion between the parties in the implementation of the conclusions of the State Audit, which generated disbursement problems.
Recently, Hanoi Party Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue sent a letter to the prime minister and mentioned the problems of the Cat Linh – Ha Dong railway project, the prime minister stated that there will be a meeting with the ministries and branches to attend. this judgment.
The Cat Linh – Ha Dong (Hanoi) railway project started implementation in October 2011, with a total investment of more than 18 billion VND in Chinese ODA loans under the Framework Agreement signed on 5/30/2008. between the two governments Vietnam – China.
The general contractor for EPC is China Railway Bureau Corporation Limited and the construction supervision consultant is the Beijing Railway Construction Design Research Institute GSXD Co., Ltd.
According to the original plan, the project will be completed by the end of 2017, but due to the breach of commitments by the General Contractor, so far this railway is still “missing by appointment” and cannot be put into operation.
Chau Nhu Quynh
