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Work commencing on Vietnam’s key road building project

Work is starting on a section of the road that will connect Son La and Cam Lo in Vietnam.
September 5, 2019 Read time: 1 min

This new section of road will form a stretch of Vietnam’s North-South expressway project. Building this particular stretch of road is expected to cost nearly US$326 million, with the Vietnamese Government having sourced the necessary funding for the work.

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