The Department for Roads of Vietnam has proposed the inclusion of five national highways to be developed to expressway standards, comprising Beltway 1, Beltway 2, the Ha Tinh - Cau Treo Expressway, the Hue - A Luoi Expressway, and the Phan Thiet - Bao Loc - Gia Nghia Expressway.
The six leading economies in the Southeast Asia region, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, are expected to maintain a GDP growth rate of over 5.1 per cent in the next 10 years according to a report released on August 1.