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Lack of funds is the main reason for the slow progress of several major transportation works in Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal People’s Council heard at a session last week.

The 13 provinces the North-South Expressway runs through have sped up land clearance to hand over land for the project before June 30.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will spend nearly 48 billion VND (over 2 million USD) from the central budget to implement Programme 135 this year, the provincial Board for Ethnic Minority Affairs has said.

A series of policies and measures have been devised and implemented by authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in recent years to further better the spiritual and material life of the Khmer people community .

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works.

The real estate market, especially the residential land segment, is expected to continue to grow solidly this year thanks to huge infrastructure works in many places around Vietnam accompanied by a raft of property developments.

A slew of infrastructure works have begun or been speeded up across the country after Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday.

Traffic jams have eased somewhat in HCM City but not been eliminated, a top transport official has said.