The loanwill help upgrade the 29-km section of the highway that runs through thecentral province of Binh Dinh and another 40-km section connectingBinh Dinh Province 's Tuy Phuoc district to central Phu Yenprovince's Song Cau district.
For the 29-km expansion, theBIDV committed to supply nearly 1.4 trillion VND (65 million USD) to theBinh Dinh BOT Joint Stock Company. The project will start from theprovince's Hoai Nhon district in the 2014-16 period. The loan term willbe 19 years and three months.
The 40-km project, worth 2trillion VND (94 million USD), would be implemented from now until 2015with a loan term of 14 years and six months.
This is partof a 30 trillion VND (1.4 billion USD) credit package the bank signedearly last year with the Ministry of Transport to fund theBuild-Operate-Transfer project to enlarge the highway.
NationalHighway 1A, which is of significant importance for the country'ssocio-economic development and national defence, has seriouslydeteriorated in recent years, leading to congestion and accidents.-VNA