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Bridges – lever for Mekong Delta region’s development

The Mekong Delta region is crisscrossed with canals, so bridges are considered as an impetus for its development. Over the past years, many important bridges have been being built in the region, helping it soon complete its traffic infrastructure to "take off".
Bridges – lever for Mekong Delta region’s development ảnh 1My Thuan 2 bridge linking Tien Giang with Vinh Long (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Mekong Delta region is crisscrossed with canals, sobridges are considered as an impetus for its development. Over the past years, manyimportant bridges have been being built in the region, helping it soon completeits traffic infrastructure to "take off".

In early March, the Land Fund Development Centre of TienGiang province completed the payment of compensation for the remaining 90 outof the 435 households in My Tho city affected by the construction of Rach Mieu 2bridge which crosses Tien River and connects Ben Tre and Tien Giang provinces.

The project has a total length of more than 17.5km(including the bridge and roads leading to it), and a total investment of 5.17trillion VND (219 million USD). It is expected to be completed by 2025.

Also crossing Tien river, My Thuan 2 bridge linking TienGiang with Vinh Long is scheduled to be completed by December this year. The6km bridge has a total investment of over 5 trillion VND from the State budget.

Vice Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People’sCommittee Pham Anh Tuan said that these projects are significant, necessary andurgent to the localities, contributing to socio-economic and culturedevelopment and defence and security assurance of the entire Mekong Delta region.

Along with the projects currently underway, the Government, ministries,sectors and localities are working hard to begin construction on others.

Specifically, the Ministry of Transport has just approved aninvestment project on building Dai Ngai bridge crossing Hau river and connectingTra Vinh and Soc Trang provinces with an investment of nearly 8 trillion VND.The project is expected to be completed in 2026.

In February, the People's Committee of Can Tho city proposedbuilding O Mon bridge construction investment project across Hau river linkingthe city with Dong Thap province.

In late 2022, Ben Tre and Vinh Long also agreed to approvethe intention of building Dinh Khao bridge crossing Co Chien river.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung saidthat in the 2021-2025 period, the total capital sourced from the State budgetfor projects in the region is estimated at about 320 trillion VND, up 23.3%compared to the 2016-2020 period./.
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