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HCMC-Mekong Delta expressway to be widened in $1.5B project

HCMC-Mekong Delta expressway to be widened in $1.5B project

The only expressway linking Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta will be expanded in a VND39.8 trillion (US$1.56 billion) project, with construction set to begin in the second quarter of this year.
Heavy load trucks to be limited on Mekong Delta's major bridge

Heavy load trucks to be limited on Mekong Delta's major bridge

Vietnam to borrow $2.53B from foreign partners for Mekong Delta development

Vietnam to borrow $2.53B from foreign partners for Mekong Delta development

Investment of $304.3M proposed to upgrade Mekong Delta roads

Investment of $304.3M proposed to upgrade Mekong Delta roads

The Ministry of Transport has proposed projects to upgrade and improve three national highways, 53, 62 and 91B, in Mekong Delta provinces at a cost of VND7.1 trillion (US$304.3 million).
May 7, 2023 | 11:54 pm PT
$4M infrastructure projects proposed for Mekong Delta

$4M infrastructure projects proposed for Mekong Delta

Sixteen projects worth VND94.3 trillion (US$4 million) have been proposed to boost traffic connections and prevent erosion and drought in the Mekong Delta.
April 3, 2023 | 04:51 pm PT
Southland’s expressways leave region still gridlocked

Southland’s expressways leave region still gridlocked

2010 was a turning point in Lam Dai Vinh’s career. It was the year Vietnam’s first expressway, Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong, opened to link the nation’s economic hub with the Mekong Delta, its agriculture hub.
March 19, 2023 | 04:00 pm PT
Infrastructure, the government's 'debt' to the Mekong Delta

Infrastructure, the government's 'debt' to the Mekong Delta

Nghia's tea time stories for his group of elderly friends often revolve around the long line of vehicles that inch little by little along the road.
March 1, 2023 | 03:27 pm PT
PM wants Mekong Delta expressways tripled in length by 2026

PM wants Mekong Delta expressways tripled in length by 2026

Mekong Delta localities must speed up work to open 463 kilometers of new expressways in the next three years, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Monday.
January 31, 2023 | 05:30 am PT
Widening proposed for expressway linking HCMC, Mekong Delta

Widening proposed for expressway linking HCMC, Mekong Delta

The HCMC – Trung Luong Expressway is overloaded and needs to be widened from four to eight lanes, the HCMC Department of Transport said.
July 21, 2022 | 05:05 pm PT
How can Mekong Delta fly high if no one gives it wings?

How can Mekong Delta fly high if no one gives it wings?

On the morning of May 21, 2000, I woke up to a scene I had never witnessed before.
February 21, 2021 | 04:51 pm PT
 
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