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Japanese firm building Vietnam link

Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui is handling a US$52 million contract to build a section of the planned elevated expressway in Hanoi.
February 24, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Japanese firm 2714 SUMITOMO Mitsui is handling a US$52 million contract to build a section of the planned elevated expressway in Hanoi. 2714 SUMITOMO Mitui won the second tender package for the elevated link. The deal involves constructing four 840m long ramps and a 2km viaduct with 53 spans that will connect Trung Hoa and Thanh Xuan areas. The work is expected to take 913 days to complete. This forms part of the project to build an 8.9km elevated expressway in southern Hanoi with a total cost of $269.5 million. When complete the elevated expressway will be Vietnam's most modern and will feature the country's longest viaduct. The first tender package was previously awarded by 2560 Vietnam's Ministry of Transport to a consortium called Shamwham-Cienco4. The consortium is building a 3.56km section of the expressway from Mai Dich to Trung Hoa. The third tender package was also won by a consortium, which is called Thang Long Construction Corporation-Cienco8-Cienco4. This tender involves building of the 3.26km elevated part of the expressway from Thanh Xuan to north Linh Dam Lake.

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