Vietnam builds coastal road link to Cambodia and Thailand

According to Vietnamese media sources, construction will begin next month on a 220-km long coastal road in the Mekong Delta as part of an international highway linking the country with Cambodia and Thailand, the project?s management board recently announced.

Running through the provinces of Ca Mau and Kien Giang, the US$440 million road will be built in cooperation with the governments of South Korea and Australia, as well as the Asian Development Bank with its seat in Manila, Philippines.

Once it is completed, the road will be part of a nearly 1,000-kilometer link known as the Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam Southern Coastal Road Economic Corridor, starting at Bangkok and ending at Ca Mau Province's Nam Can District.

The road would create more opportunities for Kien Giang and Ca Mau to develop their economies and promote tourism, according to Duong Tien Dung, vice chairman of the Ca Mau?s People?s Committee.

ADB experts, meanwhile, said that as the road mainly ran through the three countries? poorest provinces, it would provide greater access to basic social services for local people and encourage development of local economies.

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