Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung on March 9 gave an order to open to traffic the Nam Song Hau road in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, after five years of construction.

The Nam Song Hau road is of important significance to the socio-economic development and defence security in the southwestern provinces of Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Hau Giang and Can Tho city as well as the southern region and the whole nation.

Invested by the Ministry of Transport, construction of the 147 km Nam Song Hau road started on May 19, 2005 with a total investment of almost 3.3 trillion VND worth of bonds./.