Cambodia-Vietnam expressway

Cambodia and Vietnam are pushing forward with plan to develop an expressway between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation. “The expressway would run from Phnom Penh to Bavet in Svay Rieng province, where it would be linked to an expressway from the border gate at Moc Bai, on the Vietnamese side, to Ho Chi Minh City,” said Va Sim Sorya, the ministry’s director-general of administration.
 

Mr. Sim Sorya said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the expressway was signed on Tuesday during the three-day official visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phu. “The MoU is to pave way for the two countries start a feasibility study on building the expressway,” he said.
 

Mr. Sim Sorya said the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had also done earlier studies on the expressway and the government will also consider them. JICA envisages a six lane expressway which will stretch a total distance of approximately 220kms. It is designed to cut the traveling time between the two cities by half, from the current six hours to three hours.

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