Ha Noi – Hai Phong National Highway to open in 2013

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered the completion of the Ha Noi – Hai Phong National Highway Project by 2013.

The project, worth VND24,000 billion (US$1.1 billion), was being implemented under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, and when finished would have six lanes allowing a maximum speed of 120km per hour, Hai said.

After three years, land clearance has been basically completed, and project investor Viet Nam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company has built 37 resettlement areas.

The project, one of a number of priority national constructions, was expected to reduce traffic jams connecting existing industrial parks on National Highway 5, and develop new ones in the North East region, Hai said.

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