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New national road to be built in Thai Nguyen

A project on building a new section of National Highway No.3 in the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) form will be commenced in September, investors reported to Transport Minister Dinh La Thang at a working session on August 12.
A project on building a new section of National Highway No.3 in the BOT(Build-Operate-Transfer) form will be commenced in September, investorsreported to Transport Minister Dinh La Thang at a working session onAugust 12.

The 40.2 km section will connect the northernprovince of Thai Nguyen and Cho Moi district in the northern mountainousprovince of Bac Kan.

Investment capital for the first phaseof the project is more than 2.3 trillion VND (approximately 112 millionUSD), of which over 1.4 trillion VND (66.6 million USD) will be spenton construction work and 272 billion VND (12.9 million USD) will be paidfor site clearance.

Minister Thang said calling for BOTinvestment is a right choice for transport development to ease thepressure on the State budget.-VNA
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