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Expressway construction planned in southern Vietnam

Xinhua, September 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vietnam is considering the construction of an expressway to link Ho Chi Minh City to neighboring Tay Ninh Province with investment of 693 million U.S. dollars, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) News reported Thursday.

The expressway is expected to be about 59km, running parallel to National Highway 22.

The project is aimed at easing the overload on the Trans-Asia section from the city to the Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh that borders Cambodia to the west. If approved, the project will kick off in the first quarter of 2017.

Dozens of expressways have been built across Vietnam in recent years. The longest expressway is the 245-km one that connects Hanoi to the northern province of Lao Cai. Endi