CONSTRUCTION OF VAN DON - CAI CAI EXPRESSWAY: 500 DAYS AND NIGHT SPEED AND DEFERENTLY

After only 15 days of implementing the site clearance campaign of Van Don - Mong Cai expressway, after adjusting, Quang Ninh handed over the additional route site to construction contractors in August 2020. In order to speed up the construction progress, the "500 days and nights" campaign to complete the expressway was launched shortly after. With the spirit of urgency, positivity and efficiency, the investor and contractors are simultaneously speeding up construction...

Extend the strategic route

In early 2019, Quang Ninh put into operation and use the Hai Phong - Ha Long - Van Don expressway, the first expressway in Vietnam deployed by the locality. This event has made a strong impression on the transport industry and people across the country, affirming the innovative thinking and determination of a province located in the Northeast region of the country.

 Hai Phong - Ha Long - Van Don Expressway completed in early 2019 has become a phenomenon of Vietnam's transport and transport industry when it is the first expressway deployed by the locality.

At the meeting with Quang Ninh province in early May 2021, the head of the Ministry of Transport, Minister Nguyen Van The emphasized: Quang Ninh has made a breakthrough in mobilizing resources, this is valuable experience for The Ministry of Transport and Communications proposes to the Government to change and adjust in the view of transport infrastructure development. In which, it will be determined to implement the highway policy of any locality, then assign it to that locality to invest, the Government only partially supports construction and installation, not synchronously investing as before.

In the context of the trend of international integration deepening, the advantages of international border gates are promoted, Quang Ninh is also the province with the most border gates in Vietnam. Therefore, if owning an expressway along the province extending to Mong Cai, Quang Ninh will become a convenient connection center of two economic corridors (Kun Minh - Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh; Nanning - Bang Tuong - Lang Son - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh) and the Gulf of Tonkin economic belt in trade with Southeast Asian countries, the Greater Mekong Sub-region with China. This will be an opportunity for Quang Ninh to exploit its outstanding and different values, the driving force for inter-regional economic development.

Minister of Transport and Communications Nguyen Van The inspects the organization of construction of Van Don - Mong Cai expressway, May 2021.

On that basis, taking advantage of the support and support from the Central Government, Quang Ninh refused ODA loans with strict constraints, in order to boldly mobilize new resources to deploy the Van Don - Mong Cai long expressway. 80km. This will be a complete piece of a 180km-long highway in the province, connecting the economic centers of Quang Yen, Ha Long, Van Don, Mong Cai and dozens of industrial zones and economic zones of the province in the future. Becoming a dynamic highway not only of Quang Ninh but the whole region...

Source: https://baoquangninh.com.vn/