2023 - Vietnam’s record-breaking year in expressway construction
VNA-TB•13/01/2024 20:27
Numerous expressway projects being put into operation in recent times have created vital new traffic arteries and significantly improved transportation infrastructure. Vietnam now boasts expressways stretching a total of 1,892 kilometres.
Nighttime construction is underway on the Mai Son - National Highway No 45 expressway section, stretching 63 kilometres, to ensure it will be into operation by April 2023The Truong Vinh Tunnel, passing under Mt. Mong Ga along the Nghi Son - Dien Chau expressway section, connects Nghi Son town in Thanh Hoa province and Hoang Mai town in Nghe An province, with two fully completed tunnels each measuring 450 metres in lengthThe 23-kilometre My Thuan - Can Tho expressway section, passing through Vinh Long and Dong Thap provinces, is officially opened to two-way traffic on December 30, just in time for the people of the Mekong Delta to celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year, or Tet, holidayContractors mobilise machinery and manpower to work in “3 shifts, 4 crews” in order to complete construction and put multiple road links into operation in 2023The My Thuan 2 Bridge, spanning 7 km and connecting Vinh Long and Tien Giang provinces, is officially opened to traffic on December 24
