The Viet Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) will put the first 65km road section of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway into operation on 2 August.

A 65km section of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project will be put into operation in August

This is the first expressway in the central region.

A VEC official told Viet Nam News that the first stage of the project – the  65km section from Da Nang's Tuy Loan to Quang Nam Province's Tam Ky City, has been completed.

The four-lane section with two emergency lanes will allow vehicles to travel at 120km per hour, reducing travel time between Da Nang  and Quang Ngai Province.

VEC’s General Director Mai Tuan Anh said the road was an important part of the National North-South Highway, and its second stage was scheduled for completion later this year.

He said VEC would also collect tolls from all vehicle travelling on the Tuy Loan-Tam Ky section.

The construction of the Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project began in 2012 with a total investment of 29 trillion VND (1.4 billion USD), of which 635 million USD was sourced from the World Bank and 673 million USD from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

The 26m-wide four-lane link, running through Da Nang-Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces, will connect industrial parks in the region and help boost transportation in the East-West Economic Corridor that links Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)