The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the southern-most province of Ca Mau held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the construction of the Nam Can Bridge, the last bridge on the Ho Chi Minh Highway.
Nam Can Bridge is a key part of the second phase of the Ho Chi Minh Highway that runs from the southeastern province of Cao Bang all the way to Ca Mau Province in the extreme southern tip of Vietnam.
The Prime Minister has instructed the transport ministry to speed up construction of the Nam Can Bridge to complete by 2015, so that the entire Ho Chi Minh Highway route can open for traffic as per schedule.
Nam Can Bridge covers a total length of 3,390 meters linking Ngoc Hien District to Nam Can District. Once complete, the bridge will allow fast vehicular traffic at speeds of upto 80 kilometers an hour.
Construction of the bridge is expected to complete within 18 months at a total cost of about VND650 billion (US$31.17 million), most of which will come from Government bonds.
