Vietnam mulls US$701 million Expressway to Cambodia

The Vietnamese government is mulling over a plan to build 55-kilometer expressway linking Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia at an estimated cost of more than VND15.88 trillion (US$701 million), local media reported on Wednesday.
The road is part of a Japanese ODA-funded expressway linking the Vietnamese city and Cambodian capital city Phnom Penh, news website Dau Tu said, citing a proposal by the Ministry of Transport.
It will start at Ho Chi Minh City's Hoc Mon District and end at the border gate Moc Bai in the southern province of Tay Ninh with six lanes that allow vehicles to move at a speed limit of 120 kilometers per hour, according to the website.
A feasibility study for the project will be completed in first quarter next year, it said.
According to a report on Cambodia Daily, the expressway's section in Cambodia will stretch over 170 kilometers from Phnom Penh to Bavet City, which borders Vietnam's Tay Ninh Province.
The project was estimated to cost $2.2 billion in total, the newspaper said, citing ... read more ....

Work on HCMC-Moc Bai expressway to start in 2021
By Huu Cong October 27, 2019 | 04:46 pm GMT+7

Construction of an expressway between HCMC and Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh Province, which borders Cambodia, will begin in 2021 at a cost of VND10.7 trillion ($460 million) for the first phase.

The work should finish in 2025 in time for the 50th anniversary of national reunification, HCMC Vice Chairman Vo Van Hoan said at the signing ceremony to execute the project on Saturday.

Highway 22 is currently the only road connecting HCMC with Moc Bai Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh, and is overloaded with traffic to and from Cambodia.

The 53.5 km expressway is expected to reduce the congestion and bolster the development of HCMC, Tay Ninh and the region.

Its feasibility study is set to be approved next September and compensation for land acquisition and resettlement of evictees will follow soon afterward. Tenders to select investors will be invited in March 2021.

The first phase will involve construction of two separate sections of highway. The first will be a 33 km section from Ring Road 3 in Hoc Mon District, HCMC to Trang Bang, a district in Tay Ninh Province, which will have four lanes and a design speed of 120 km per hour.
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Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway Study Completed
AKP Phnom Penh, September 07, 2020 --

Study on the construction of an expressway, linking Phnom Penh to Bavet city, at the border with Vietnam, has been completed, said the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT).

The report on the study, conducted by China Railway International Group Co., Ltd., was presented in a meeting held here on Sept. 7, under the chairmanship of H.E. So Victor, Secretary of State at the MPWT.

Based on the report, there are three options for the expressway construction, and according to the ministry, the government will thoroughly study the three options in order to choose a proper one by taking into consideration social and economic impacts and construction budget.

The company will submit the financial report of the expressway construction in mid-October this year.

Once the construction completed, the Phnom Penh-Bavet expressway will become the Kingdom’s second expressway, after the 190 kilometre-long Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway.

The Chinese firm started conducting study on the construction in December last year.

The Phnom Penh-Bavet expressway stretches over 135 kilometres departing from Phnom Penh, crossing the provinces of Kandal, Prey Veng, and Svay Rieng before reaching Bavet city of Svay Rieng province.

Once operational, the expressway can allow a maximum speed of 120 kilometres per hour.
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