Section of Trans-Asia Route opened to traffic between HCM City-Tay Ninh
HCM City - The Ministry of
Transport and Communications held a ceremony on Saturday opening a segment of the Trans-Asia Route from An Suong in Ho Chi Minh City to the Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh province.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai attended and cut the ribbon.
The section from HCM City to Cambodia's Phnom Penh is a project under the extended Mekong River programme initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which aims to boost economic exchange among the countries in the Mekong sub-region comprising Viet Nam, Cambodia and Thailand. The road's section in Viet Nam is 80 km long and costs 144.77 million USD, including 100 million USD in ADB's loans.
Speaking at the ceremony, PM Khai thanked the ADB for its credit facility to help the project be completed on schedule.
He called on countries in the region to accelerate construction pace of the Trans-Asia Route to further socio-economic development in the region.
Vietnam News Agency - April 26, 2003.
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