Vinaconex is the unit that won the most construction and installation packages in the East North-South Expressway Construction Project. On the afternoon of June 15, the Project Management Board 2 (Ministry of Transport) and the joint venture between Mien Trung Construction Group Joint Stock Company – Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Corporation (Vinaconex) signed a contract for the package. XL3 contractor: Construction and surveying, construction drawing design for section Km364+410.75 – Km380+000, Construction investment component project of Highway 45 – Nghi Son section of the project to build some road sections expressway on the East North-South route in the period 2017-2020. Accordingly, the contract for Package XL3 has a winning price of VND 1,144.4 billion, which is a mixed type of contract, in which the survey is performed at a fixed unit price; construction drawing design is implemented in a package; construction and installation shall be carried out at the adjusted unit price. Contract Package XL3 has a contract execution time of 720 days, funded by the state budget. The construction investment project of the National Highway 45 – Nghi Son section is one of 11 component projects of the project to build a number of expressway sections on the East North-South route in the period 2017-2020. This is a project. converted from PPP investment to public investment. This project has a length of 43.28 km, passing through the territory of Nong Cong district and Nghi Son town (Thanh Hoa), investment is phased according to the scale of 4 lanes, width of road bed 17m, design speed 80 km/h. The total investment of the project is VND 5,534.4 billion, of which the cost of construction and equipment is VND 3,193 billion, construction time is 2 years, completion in 2023. The project is divided into 3 construction and installation bidding packages, 3 supervision consultancy packages. Currently, PMU2 is asking the consortium of Mien Trung Construction Group – Vinaconex to urgently complete the preparation work to be able to start the bidding package at the end of June 2021. Currently, Vinaconex is the contractor winning the most packages in the Project to build some expressways on the East North-South route in the period 2017-2020. If including the XL3 package, Vinaconex has directly participated or participated in the project. in the form of a consortium of 4 construction and installation bidding packages with a total value of about VND 10,000 billion.

The Chinese foreign minister participates in online exchanges with the US Foreign Relations Council. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. In his speech, Mr. Vuong Nghi emphasized that the important phone call on New Year’s Eve between the heads of the two countries has indicated a great direction for the Sino-US relationship, the dialogue in Anchorage (Alaska) has opened. direct high-level interaction between the two parties in the context of an epidemic. However, the new administration’s policy toward China in the US has not yet removed the shadow of its predecessor, has not escaped the misunderstanding in perception of China and has not found the right way to conclude. delivery with this country. He gave 5 points on how to view the Sino-US relationship from a strategic perspective, wanting the US to perceive objectively and to deal with China’s development; to work together with China to find a new way to peacefully coexist and win cooperation together; respect and tolerate the path and regime that China chooses; practice authentic multilateralism and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. The Chinese Foreign Minister reaffirms that the country’s development and reassurance are “not meant to replace or defeat anyone” and that it needs equality. “Either China or the US is successful does not mean the other side fails,” he said. Separating from the world’s second largest economy and facing China’s 1.4 billion people, it not only does not help the US in resolving the conflicts faced, but also confuses the world ” . According to Mr. Vuong Nghi, the key to properly handling the relationship between the two sides is “whether the US can accept the peaceful rise of a major country with a social regime, cultural history and a period of time. develop differently or not “. China welcomes President Biden’s administration to return to multilateralism, said Wang Yi, but said that true multilateralism is “not allowed to confront the new group under the banner of multilateralism. , do not set up closed factions under the guise of multilateralism “. The Chinese Foreign Minister also reaffirmed that Beijing will “respond legally” when “national sovereignty and national dignity are threatened and violated”. He called on the two countries to go beyond the inevitable view that “conflict is bound to arise between emerging and current powers”, beyond ideological differences and social regimes, beyond thinking. Cold War and group confrontation, actively seeking ways to live peacefully and win cooperation between the two great powers./.