Vietnam's road to PPPs

A new plan has been put forward by Vietnam's Ministry of Investment and Planning for PPP infrastructure projects including highways.
February 9, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A new plan has been put forward by Vietnam's 2502 Ministry of Planning and Investment for PPP infrastructure projects including highways. The PPPs are to be introduced under a pilot programme and the first such project is likely to be the highway connecting Dau Giay with Phan Thiet city. This project is worth some US$750 million. Among the other projects are the Da Nang-Quang Ngai, Ninh Binh-Thanh Hoa, Noi Bai-Ha Long and My Thuan-Can Tho highways.

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