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After breaking ground, the extension of To Huu Street to Phu Bai airport has remained largely stalled, with many sections incomplete. The To Huu road project is a key transport infrastructure initiative for Hue City. It was approved in 2023 by the Thua Thien-Hue Province People’s Committee (now the Hue City People’s Committee) with an implementation period of four years and total investment of about 1,143 billion VND.
Since construction began, progress has been slow, and some phases have at times been described as “stalled,” raising concerns about whether the project can meet its completion timeline. Observations by reporters in early March 2025 indicated very limited work on the extended section, with some points showing only earthwork across service routes, cement piles, and excavation of the main route.
The project covers roughly 9.59 km, running from the start near the E - An Van Duong new urban area to the end at the Thuận Hóa junction with National Highway 1 (Phu Bai Ward). It is divided into two contract packages.
The investor, the Hue City Urban Investment and Development Project Management Authority, said Package 20 began on 1 November 2024 with a contractual progress of 720 days. Package 21 began on 20 January 2025 with a progress target of 900 days.
A major reason cited for the delays is obstacles in land clearance. The investor also issued a formal warning to Dong Tam Group, the contractor for Package 21, citing delays that affect the entire package.
On 30 May 2025, reports emerged that a site engineer used a fake university degree in the tender documents for Package 21. The Hue Urban Investment and Development Project Management Authority coordinated with relevant authorities to verify the claim and confirmed that the degree submitted by Lê Trường X., born 1988 in Hà Nam, from the University of Transport and Communications was fake.
Fecon, a member of the Package 21 joint venture, stated that there was no intent to misuse information and that the joint venture did not commit fraud or provide false information in the tender documents. It also said the tender results were not influenced by misleading data.
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