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Expressway section in southern hub opens to traffic

A 20km section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway opened to traffic on January 2.
A 20km section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway opened to traffic on January 2.

The section of the expressway runs from the Eastern Ring Road (alsocalled the Second Ring Road) in Ho Chi Minh City 's District 9 toNational Highway 51 in neighbouring Dong Nai province.

Mai Tuan Anh, director of the Vietnam Expressway Company, theinvestment owner, said the section of expressway will shorten thedistance between Ho Chi Minh City and Long Thanh from 45km to 22km,and between Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau from 120km to 95km.

Traffic will be able to travel between 60 and 100kmper hour on the newly-opened section, paying a minimum of 2,000 VND perkilometre.

The Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giayexpressway is 55km long, connecting the southern hub of Ho Chi MinhCity with National Highway 51, Long Thanh International Airportand National Highway 1A. It is estimated to be completed by 2015.

It requires a total investment of about20.630 trillion VND (nearly 978.3 million USD). Capital will come fromloans provided by the Asian Development Bank, official developmentassistance loans from the Japanese Government and capital from theVietnamese Government.-VNA
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