$1 billion expressway to link the Indochinese Federation

US$1 billion to build Can Tho-An Giang-Phnom Penh expressway

09/07/2010
VOV News (Hanoi)

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has called for an investment of US$1 billion to carry out construction of the Can Tho-An Giang-Phnom Penh expressway during the 2010-2014 period.

The expressway will be 110km long, 35m wide and include 8 lanes for traffic travelling at designed for speeds up to 120km per hour.

Deputy Minister of Transport Ngo Thinh Duc said the construction will start from Can Tho (at km2084+740) heading towards Long Xuyen city, extending through Chau Doc town and end in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Vietnam can bypass Cambodia to give the green light for a construction of the Can Tho-Phnom Penh expressway on its own?

Can Tho-Phnom Penh expressway gets green light

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007
The Saigon Times

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has approved in principle a project to build an expressway linking Can Tho City of Vietnam and Phnom Penh of Cambodia. Can Tho and An Giang Province will work together to select the investment plan and investors for the project.

VN claims Cambodia support the construction of the Can Tho-Phnom Penh expressway ... meanwhile Phnom Penh is silent on the issue

Vietnam:US Cos To Build $1.8 Billion Highway Linking Vietnam Cambodia

HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities are working to allow U.S companies to build a $1.8-billion highway linking the two cities of Can Tho and Phnom Penh over the next two years, a local government official said Tuesday.

Vietnam's First Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has given the approval for authorities to work on the 110-kilometer highway linking Vietnam's Can Tho with the historic city of Phnom Penh, Le Tan Hoc, director of Can Tho city's transport department, said.

Global Ventures and KG America will bid to build under a build-operate-transfer model, the official told Dow Jones Newswires.

Under the model, investors build infrastructure, run it for a given period of time and then hand it over to the government.

Hoc said the highway is expected to have six lanes with a total width of 35 meters.

"Vietnam and Cambodia support this project, which will help boost trade in the region," Hoc said.