Vietnamese government has approved construction of Hoa Binh-Moc Chau highway

(Engineering daily) Nguyen Anh Duong = The Hoa Binh-Moc Chau Highway project will begin soon.

Vietnamese government has approved the construction of an expressway between the northern province of Hoa Binh and tourism hotspot Moc Chau.

The highway will allow direct travel from Hanoi to Moc Chau in northern Son La Province.

Construction by a public-private partnership(PPP) is set to begin this year and finish by 2024.

The investors will bring in $727 million and collect toll for 26 years.

The government will contribute the remaining $214 million in the form of land in the two provinces.

The 85㎞ expressway will have four lanes and two emergency lanes will be added later.

It will link up with the Hoa Lac – Hoa Binh expressway connecting the capital with Hoa Binh, which opened to traffic last October, halving travelling time to one hour.