Work to upgrade the section of National Highway 1A connecting HaTinh city bypass and Ky Anh district got underway in the centralprovince of Ha Tinh on July 26.
The 3 trillion VND (nearly 143million USD) project on what is seen as a key between the north andsouth, will help connect Cau Treo International Economic Zone and VungAng Economic Zone, as well as promoting business exchanges betweencountries in the East West Corridor region, including Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and China.
The 72km road, featuring sixlanes and an 80km per hour speed limit, starts from Cam Vinh commune inCam Xuyen district and ends at Ky Anh district's Ky Trinh commune.
Divided into two sub-projects, in which 38km of the first project willbe upgraded with more than 2 trillion VND (95 million USD) invested bythe Ha Tinh Transport Department.
The remaining 33.6km – comprising the second sub-project, will be upgraded by the transport ministry.
The project is expected to be finished by the end of 2015.-VNA