Construction of new Ho Chi Minh Highway sections gets underway
Total investment in new Mekong Delta sections estimated at $163 million.
Construction of southern section of Ho Chi Minh Highway resumes
Chon Thanh - Duc Hoa section postponed since 2011 due to capital issues.
Urgent capital allocation needed to complete Ho Chi Minh Highway
On May 24, while presenting a report on the implementation plan for the next phase of the Ho Chi Minh Highway project to the National Assembly, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said the phase has been deployed “sluggishly” for five years, from 2017 to 2021, reaching only 8 per cent of the target, and is nearly two years behind schedule. There is 171 km in the phase needing urgent capital allocation in order to be completed by 2025.