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ETC system launched on Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway

An electronic toll collection (ETC) system has been launched on Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway, the first route excluded in the North-South Expressway and the first connecting the capital city with the Northwestern region to operate the system.
ETC system launched on Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway ảnh 1From August 1, all vehicles that do not use ETC tags or do not have enough money in their accounts will not be able to travel on the Noi Bai-Lao Cai expressway. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An electronic toll collection (ETC)system has been launched on Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway, the first routeexcluded in the North-South Expressway and the first connecting the capitalcity with the Northwestern region to operate the system.

Addressing the launching ceremony on August 1, Chairman ofthe Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) Member Council Truong Viet Dong said that this was animportant milestone in efforts to install the ETC system on expresswaysoperated by VEC.

He said that so far, VEC has installed the system at 15 tollplazas along the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway. From August 1, all vehicles thatdo not use ETC tags or do not have enough money in their accounts will not be able to travel on the expressway.

Earlier, VEC and its service supplier TASCO had launchedthe ETC system on Cau Gie-Ninh Binh, Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay and DaNang-Quang Ngai expressways, reaslising the Government’s direction to apply ETCsystem before August 1.

According to Dong, in the time to come, VEC willcontinue to seek investment sources and consider the plan to expand the YenBai-Lao Cai part of the expressway to four lanes to meet the socio-economicdevelopment requirements of the region.

Currently, the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway serves about35,000-40,000 vehicles a day. Since it was put into operation until the end of June,the expressway has served 71.8 turns of vehicles./.
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