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Nhat Tan bridge construction to be on schedule

The construction of Nhat Tan bridge, one of the national key infrastructure projects, will be put into full operation by the end of 2014 as scheduled, according to the contractors.
The construction of Nhat Tan bridge, one of the national keyinfrastructure projects, will be put into full operation by the end of2014 as scheduled, according to the contractors.

Thepartnership of IHI and Sumitomo Mitsui of Japan made the pledge toMinister of Transport Dinh La Thang on February 21 when Thang and LaoMinister of Public Works Sommad Pholsena visited the bridge’sconstruction site on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

Vice Managing Director of the contractor partnership Kenji Matsuno saidengineers and workers have been working hard, even during thetraditional Lunar New Year, the most important festival of Vietnamese,to ensure the progress and quality of the work.

With atotal span of 1,500 metres, the bridge construction is divided intothree packages. The first package covering the building of the mainbridge has had almost 60 percent of workload completed. The two otherpackages building roads connecting sides of the bridge to the existingroads have had about 36 percent and 66 percent of workload done,respectively.-VNA
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