The Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) has proposed it self-balance investment capital to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway from the existing four lanes to eight to ten lanes, costing VND14.7 trillion ($599 million). VEC believes the Long Thanh International Airport will be put into operation by 2025, which will exacerbate the overloading already seen along the expressway.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has launched the “120 days and nights to implement the four expressway projects of Mai Son - National Highway No. 45, Cam Lo - La Son, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet, and Phan Thiet - Dau Giay” emulation program. These four expressways, which are sub-component projects of the first phase of the North-South Expressway, are to be completed by the end of 2022. The impact of Covid-19, adverse weather, rising building material prices, and other issues have presented many problems hindering construction.