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Vietnam considering major new tunnel and highway projects

Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province is setting out plans for major infrastructure projects. One project will be for a new tunnel link running under Cua Luc Bay, while the road projects are for the Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal route and the Van Don-Mong Cai Highway. Construction of the 1.3km undersea tunnel project in Ha Long city is now subject to a feasibility study. Construction is expected to commence in 2019.
March 9, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province is setting out plans for major infrastructure projects. One project will be for a new tunnel link running under Cua Luc Bay, while the road projects are for the Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal route and the Van Don-Mong Cai Highway.


Construction of the 1.3km undersea tunnel project in Ha Long city is now subject to a feasibility study. Construction is expected to commence in 2019.

Building the Van Don-Mong Cai Highway is expected to cost US$492 million. The route will feature two lanes in either direction with the work being handled under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model. The route will be tolled and the deal includes a 20-year concession package, with construction expected to commence in the third quarter of 2018 and due to be completd in 2020.

Construction work for the Ha Long-Cam Pha coastal road is starting in mid-2018. The 27km-long route is being built under the build-transfer model and will help reduce congestion in Cm Pha City.

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