Chuck Kuhn's Asia in Photos: Ho Chi Minh Highway project to be realized in Ca Mau

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Ho Chi Minh Highway project to be realized in Ca Mau

PANO - A section of the Ho Chi Minh Highway between Nam Can and Dat Mui will soon be built, according to the management board of the Ho Chi Minh National Highway.
The section with 51 km in Ca Mau Province will be divided into 26 bidding packages, including the construction of 24 bridges and a ferry wharf in the district of Ngoc Hien.
One end of the road section is Nam Can town and the other is Ca Mau Cape tourist site in Dat Mui commune.
According to the management board, the whole project will cost some VND 3,540 billion and is expected to be finished by 2011.
Translated by Thu Nguyen

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