Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai had a working session on December 7 with the southern provincial authorities of Dong Nai to discuss the implementation of the planned Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay highway project .

The Deputy Prime Minister also toured to the construction site and asked local authorities to fully take local people’s interests into account when solving land clearance for construction. Besides the quick speed construction, Deputy PM Hai also noted that local authorities and construction companies should pay due attention to the construction quality as well.

According to Vietnam Highway Investment and Development Corporation, this highway project is expected to put into operation by 2015.

The HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay highway project is to be a particularly important part of the north-south expressway, 55 km in length and up to eight lanes wide.-VNA