Major northern expressway loses gear a week after opening

An area on Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway where cable has been cut and stolen, September 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Do Phuong

Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway has lost 3,000 meters of cable aside from printed circuit boards and circuit breakers since opening on Sep. 1.

The project investor, Van Don Infrastructure Investment and Development Co Ltd of Sun Group, said the incident was detected right after the expressway, which runs more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) across northern Quang Ninh Province to connect Van Don Economic Zone and Mong Cai Town bordering China, was inaugurated on the afternoon of Sept. 1.

As the only expressway equipped with a lighting system along the entire route, Van Don – Mong Cai Expressway had lost power on the night of opening.

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