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Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh, Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Vu Hong Van and delegates pressed the button to break ground for the Cat Lai bridge project. Photo: HAC
Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh, Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Vu Hong Van and delegates pressed the button to break ground for the Cat Lai bridge project. Photo: HAC

Dong Nai broke ground on Cat Lai bridge connecting Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the 14th National Party Congress

HÀ ANH CHIẾN (báo lao động) 15/01/2026 17:40 (GMT+7)

Dong Nai broke ground on Cat Lai Bridge and Long Hung Bridge connecting to Ho Chi Minh City, starting construction of nearly 6,300 social housing units to celebrate the 14th National Congress of the Party.

broke ground on 2 strategic bridges connecting Long Thanh airport, Ho Chi Minh City

On January 15, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province held a groundbreaking ceremony, broke ground, and opened 7 projects to celebrate the 14th National Congress of the Party with the central bridge being the groundbreaking ceremony of Cat Lai bridge (Dai Phuoc commune, Dong Nai province) across the Dong Nai river connecting to Ho Chi Minh City.

Ong Mai Van Chinh, Uy vien Trung uong Dang, Pho Thu tuong Chinh phu (ben trai anh) va ong Vu Hong Van - Bi thu Tinh uy Dong Nai du le dong tho cau Cat Lai. Anh: HAC
Mr. Mai Van Chinh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister (left of the photo) and Mr. Vu Hong Van - Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Cat Lai bridge. Photo: HAC

The 6 component bridge points are: Long Hung Bridge groundbreaking ceremony (Dong Nai 2 Bridge); Technical opening ceremony of Dong Nai riverside road project; Starting ceremony of Nha Bich bridge project on National Highway 14; Starting ceremony of 2.1ha social housing project in Phuoc An commune; Starting ceremony of 3.1ha social housing project in Phuoc An commune; Starting ceremony of the social housing project of Long Hung Residential Area in Long Hung Ward, Dong Nai Province.

The total investment of the projects is more than 50,000 billion VND.

Pho Thu tuong Chinh phu Mai Van Chinh phat bieu chi dao tai le dong tho du an. Anh: HAC
Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh gave a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project. Photo: HAC

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cat Lai bridge investment project, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh acknowledged the proactiveness and close coordination between Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai to implement the project. At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the project to be implemented synchronously and effectively, ensuring progress and quality of the project, ensuring resettlement for people, and the rights of people affected by the project to have a new housing better than the old housing.

Dai dien lien danh nha dau tu phat bieu tai le dong tho cau Cat Lai noi Dong Nai va TPHCM. Anh: HAC
Representative of the investor consortium spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of Cat Lai bridge connecting Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: HAC
Phoi canh cau Cat Lai noi Dong Nai - TPHCM va san bay Long Thanh. Anh: HAC
Perspective of Cat Lai Bridge connecting Dong Nai - Ho Chi Minh City and Long Thanh Airport. Photo: HAC

The Cat Lai Bridge construction investment project has a total investment of about VND18,299 billion. The project has a total length of more than 11.6 km (cat Lai bridge is about 3km long), with a scale of 6 lanes for motor vehicles and 2 lanes for rudimentary vehicles. The project starts in Cat Lai ward, Ho Chi Minh City and ends at the intersection with Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressway (Dai Phuoc commune, Dong Nai province). The winning investor was a consortium led by the consortium of Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC, CC1 Asset and Service Management Company Limited, CC1 Investment Joint Stock Company.

The construction period is from 2026 to 2029.

Ong Mai Van Chinh, Uy vien Trung uong Dang, Pho Thu tuong Chinh phu (ben trai anh) va ong Vu Hong Van - Bi thu Tinh uy Dong Nai tai du an cau Cat Lai. Anh: HAC
Mr. Mai Van Chinh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister (left of the photo) and Mr. Vu Hong Van - Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee at the Cat Lai bridge project. Photo: HAC
Ong Mai Van Chinh, Uy vien Ban Chap hanh Trung uong Dang, Pho Thu tuong Chinh phu va ong Vu Hong Van - Bi thu Tinh uy Dong Nai cung cac dai bieu tai du an cau Cat Lai. Anh: HAC
Mr. Mai Van Chinh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister and Mr. Vu Hong Van - Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, and delegates at the Cat Lai bridge project. Photo: HAC
Pha Cat Lai hien huu se duoc thay the bang cau Cat Lai. Anh: HAC
The existing Cat Lai ferry will be replaced by Cat Lai bridge. Photo: HAC

Cat Lai Bridge is a strategic traffic project across the Dong Nai River - the "backbone" connecting the Southeast inter-regional development space, located in the overall connection between Long Thanh Airport and Ho Chi Minh City, route T1 - National Highway 51 - Provincial Road 25C.

Vi tri dong tho du an cau Long Hung (cau Dong Nai 2). Anh: HAC
The groundbreaking location of the Long Hung bridge project (Dong Nai 2 bridge). Photo: HAC

The Long Hung Bridge construction investment project (Dong Nai 2 Bridge) has a total investment of about 11,496 billion VND. The total length of the bridge and route is about 9.8 km (Long Hung bridge is about 3.5 km long), with a scale of 6 lanes for motor vehicles and 2 lanes for mixed vehicles.

The starting point of the project is located on the approach road of the bridge, about 2.53 km from Go Cong intersection in Ho Chi Minh City; the end point of the project connects with the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway. The construction site is in Tam Phuoc ward, An Phuoc commune (Dong Nai province) and Long Phuoc ward (HCMC).

The winning investor was a consortium led by CC1 Investment Joint Stock Company, Construction Corporation No. 1 - JSC, Southern Infrastructure and Energy Joint Stock Company. The construction period is from 2026 to 2028.

The Long Hung Bridge project is a key traffic project of Dong Nai province, a key " piece of the infrastructure" in the development orientation of Long Thanh airport urban area according to the model of Aerotropolis and the twin city (Twin City) closely linked to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dong Nai starts construction of nearly 6,300 social housing units

3 social housing projects in Dong Nai province started construction on January 15 with a total of nearly 6,300 apartments. Of which, in Phuoc An commune, there are nearly 3,300 houses and in Long Hung ward, about 3,000 houses.

Du an duong ven song Dong Nai thong xe ky thuat. Anh: HAC
The Dong Nai riverside road project is technically open to traffic. Photo: HAC

The Dong Nai riverside road project (Tran Bien ward) with a length of more than 5km opened to technical traffic on January 15 is a key project of the province with a total investment of nearly 2,000 billion VND.

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