Work on the expressway is 80 percent complete, officials say. The Lo Te – Rach Soi Expressway runs southwest from the Lo Te T-junction in Thot Not District, Can Tho City to Rach Soi Commune in Rach Gia Town, Kien Giang Province.

A section of the Lo Te - Rach Soi Expresway connecting Can Tho City with Kien Giang Province.

The 17-m wide expressway with four lanes will connect with the Vam Cong Bridge, a major link in the Mekong Delta region, and will be a part of the western part of the North-South Expressway that will run from Binh Phuoc Province via Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau Province.

Construction of the VND6.3 trillion ($270.5 million) Can Tho expressway started in 2016, with a VND4.5 trillion ($193 million) loan from South Korea and the rest sourced from state coffers.

However, land clearance is yet to be completed in several communes and project investor has urged local authorities to push this process to ensure its completion on schedule.

Vietnam is planning and building several major expressways in the southern region to improve connectivity between HCMC with neighboring provinces. Among these is the Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway, which could open to traffic at the end of this year, after a delay of ten years.

A roadmap to construction of 11 North-South Expressway sections

Vietnam will start construction of three North-South Expressway sections this year and open bids for the remaining eight next year.

Government approves Tuyen Quang-Phu Tho expressway project

The Government has approved the construction of an expressway connecting the northern provinces of Tuyen Quang and Phu Tho under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) format after three years of delays.

North-South Expressway projects receive applications from 32 investors

The management boards of the North-South Expressway’s sub-projects have received applications from 32 domestic investors and joint ventures.

Transnational expressway investor selection to take until August 2020

Switching from an international to a domestic tendering process for the North-South Expressway means the investor selection will take at least until August 2020 to complete.

Bac Giang - Lang Son expressway opened to traffic

(BGO) - After more than 2 years of construction, the People’s Committee of Lang Son province and BOT Bac Giang-Lang Son Joint Stock Company, a member of Deo Ca Group jointly held the opening ceremony of Bac Giang – Lang Son Expressway (Bac Giang- Chi Lang route) on 29 September. 

Source: VnExpress