A ceremony marking the opening of the sectiontook place in Thai Nguyen’s Thuan Thanh district. It was attended byDeputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
The national highway isthe first Japanese-funded project to open to traffic. The 63.8 km roadwill connect the capital city with the northern province of Thai Nguyenvia Bac Ninh province.
It costs over 10 trillion VND, with more than 6.6 trillion VND coming from Japan’s official development assistance.
Addressing the event, Deputy PM Hai said the new section of road willease the highway’s traffic overload while contributing to thesocio-economic development of northern provinces, particularly ThaiNguyen.
He asked the Transport Ministry to accelerate theimplementation of the project, which is currently only half-finished, toensure the work is completed and the road operational by the end ofthis year.-VNA