Vietnam’s key highway project receiving initial funding

Funding from the World Bank will help with the development of Vietnam’s North-South Expressway project. The Vietnamese Government has sourced US$214 million for the project already from its own funds. The highway will stretch 654km across the country, speeding transport and helping develop trade and tourism. Because of the project’s scale, the work is being split into 11 separate stretches and should be complete by 2025.
November 15, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Funding from the 2332 World Bank will help with the development of Vietnam’s North-South Expressway project. The 983 Vietnamese Government has sourced US$214 million for the project already from its own funds. The highway will stretch 654km across the country, speeding transport and helping develop trade and tourism. Because of the project’s scale, the work is being split into 11 separate stretches and should be complete by 2025.

Meanwhile Vietnam will help with $40 million of financing for the My Thuan-Can Tho expressway project in Myanmar. The aim is for the route to connect with Vietnam’s own Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Expressway. The My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway project will be built under the build-operate-transfer model.

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