VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government is calling for investment in the VND64 trillion (over $3.4 billion) Dau Giay-Lien Khuong expressway, connecting Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands to the southern key economic region.

The highway has a total length of 200 km, linking the HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway in Dong Nai Province to Lien Khuong - Prenn highway in Lam Dong province.

The 33-??wide road will have six lanes. However, in the first phase, it will be built with only two lanes nearly 14m wide, at a cost of VND32 trillion (over $1.5 billion).

Dau Giay - Lien Khuong Highway is part of the plan to develop Vietnam’s highway network to 2020.

The road will be built to connect Lam Dong, a tourism centre in the Central Highlands, to Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and the southern key economic area. It will replace the overloaded Highway 20.

To start the project soon, Lam Dong Province has proposed adding this project to the list of national key projects in 2015-2020 to call for investment in the form of PPP (Public Private Partnership).

Na Son