The additionalcapital will be spent on construction and equipment (292 million EUR),land clearance, management and other expenditures (200 million EUR), themunicipal People’s Committee said in a document on Sept. 8.
The Committee attributed the rising costs to changes in the price ofconstruction materials and the increase of minimum wages over the pasttime, as well as inaccurate calculation of the construction volume.
The project is part of Hanoi ’s master plan until 2020, under whichfive urban railway routes will be constructed in the capital city./.