The Ministry of Transport will penalise some contractors of Hanoi-Lao Cai Expressway for delays in carrying out the project as per contract terms.
Minister Dinh La Thang has instructed the Vietnam Expressway Services Company (VEC), investor of the project, to verify credentials of the contractors who are running behind schedule.
He has ordered VEC to replace those contractors who are unqualified to construct and complete the project. They will also not be sanctioned any other transport related project in future.
Minister Thang criticized VEC for not taking the initiative earlier to sort out the delay issues which has impeded the progress on the Expressway.
He has ordered the Company to prompt contractors to speed up construction of Yen Bai-Lao Cai and Hanoi-Vinh Phuc stretches to open for traffic at the earliest.