Addressing the inaugurating ceremony, Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Tan Dung stressed that the country has achieved many positive results in implementing policies of the Party and State to mobilize investment resources for infrastructure development of the national socio-economy, including transportation infrastructure. The Hanoi-Hai Phong highway is one of these important projects, he added.
The Government leader stated that together with the expressways of Hanoi-Lao Cai and Hanoi-Thai Nguyen, the road will help enhance connectivity and increase the efficiency of the key northern economic region, serving as a driving force to boost the socio-economic development and ensure defence security in the region.
The PM hailed efforts made by the investor, contractors, engineers, workers, and financial organisations to complete the project amid the country’s economic difficulties in the past seven years.
The Hanoi-Hai Phong highway, constructed on May 19, 2008, begins at the Belt Road 3 in the capital city, traverses Hung Yen and Hai Duong provinces, and ends at Dinh Vu port of Hai Phong.
The road, invested by the Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment JSC, has the total cost of nearly 45.5 trillion VND (2 billion USD) under the Built-Operate-Transfer contract.
The project has a total length of 105.8 kilometres, and a width of 33 metres with 6 lanes and an intended speed of 120 kilometres per hour. It has 54 bridges in total.
At the event, PM Dung said that at present, 710km of highways have been built. He also required the Ministry of Transport to exert more efforts to fulfil the target of 2,000km of highways nationwide by 2020.
Vietnam will create all favourable conditions for foreign investors to invest in infrastructure development in Vietnam, the PM said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 5 issued an order to open to traffic the Hanoi-Hai Phong highway.
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The PM hailed efforts made by the investor, contractors, engineers, workers, and financial organisations to complete the project amid the country’s economic difficulties in the past seven years.
The Hanoi-Hai Phong highway, constructed on May 19, 2008, begins at the Belt Road 3 in the capital city, traverses Hung Yen and Hai Duong provinces, and ends at Dinh Vu port of Hai Phong.
The road, invested by the Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment JSC, has the total cost of nearly 45.5 trillion VND (2 billion USD) under the Built-Operate-Transfer contract.
The project has a total length of 105.8 kilometres, and a width of 33 metres with 6 lanes and an intended speed of 120 kilometres per hour. It has 54 bridges in total.
At the event, PM Dung said that at present, 710km of highways have been built. He also required the Ministry of Transport to exert more efforts to fulfil the target of 2,000km of highways nationwide by 2020.
Vietnam will create all favourable conditions for foreign investors to invest in infrastructure development in Vietnam, the PM said.
