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Two new sections on North-South expressway put into use

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 28 attended a hybrid ceremony in the south central province of Ninh Thuan to inaugurate the Cam Lam-Vinh Hao expressway and open the Dien Chau-Bai Vot expressway in the north central province of Nghe An to traffic.
Two new sections on North-South expressway put into use ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (tenth from left) and delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate Cam Lam-Vinh Hao expressway (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Thuan (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 28attended a hybrid ceremony in the south central province of Ninh Thuan to inaugurate theCam Lam-Vinh Hao expressway and open the Dien Chau-Bai Vot expressway in the north central province of Nghe An to traffic.

They are the two components of the North-South Expressway project.

The 78.5km Cam Lam - Vinh Hao Expressway, running throughthe three coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan, wasinvested with over 8.92 trillion VND (nearly 352 million USD) in the form ofpublic-private partnership (PPP) and has a designed maximum speed of 90km perhour. It shortens the travel time from Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largesteconomic hub, to Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) to about 5 hours by car, instead of 8hours as before.

Meanwhile, the 50.5km Dien Chau-Bai Vot section runs throughthe two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The 11-trillion-VNDexpressway can shorten the travel time from Hanoi to Vinh city of Nghe An tojust over 3 hours by car.

The two new roads help increase the total length of the currently operational expressway to 1,226 km out of the planned 2,064 km length of the North-South Expressway from Huu Nghi border gate in thenorthern province of Lang Son to Nam Can town in the southernmost province ofCa Mau.

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister emphasised thatdeveloping a synchronous and modern infrastructure system is one of threestrategic breakthroughs, receiving special attention and direction from theParty and State.

In particular, the expressway system plays a very important role, especially inconnecting and improving transportation capacity to serve production, businessand daily life, thus helping attract investment, and boost socio-economicdevelopment, and ensure national defence and security for localities, regionsand the whole country.

He requested the Ministry of Transport to preside over andcoordinate with ministries, sectors and localities to guide the operation andexploitation of expressways to ensure safety and efficiency.

On the same day, the Government leader visited Labour HeroHo Thi Luom, born in 1932 in Phuoc My ward, Phan Rang - Thap Cham city - aresilient and creative person who helped the salt production team at the VinhNgoc Salt Factory (Nghe An) always exceed output and have the highestproductivity in the salt industry./.
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