A 600-km section of Ho Chi Minh Highway crossing the CentralHighlands, scheduled to complete in 2016, is expected to fuel thecomprehensive socio-economic development of the regional province of GiaLai.
Gia Lai lies in the region’s intersectionconnecting with the central coastal area where there are six economiczones, 54 industrial parks and 13 seaports.
Contractors have been speeding up construction of the section, which hasa total investment of 16 trillion VND (752 million USD).
Once finished, the section will stretch over 97 km through fivedistricts and Pleiku city of Gia Lai . It will connect with NationalHighway 19, Highway 25, and trans-provincial roads, creating a smoothtransport system between the locality and other regions.
To benefit most from the new road will be the province’s processing sector.
Gia Lai holds huge advantages of industrial crop farming as it ownsmore than 100,000 ha grown with rubber trees, nearly 80,000 ha withcoffee plants, and about 10,000 ha producing pepper.
Products from these industrial plants as well as other farm andforestry items will see their values rising because the highway will fixthe existing poor transport system, which has for long lowered pricesof these products.
The road will become an advantageof Gia Lai in luring more foreign and domestic investments forexploiting its position in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia developmenttriangle.
In 2013 and the first half of 2014, theprovince granted investment licences to and approved 149 projects valuedtens of trillion VND. Notably, 52 projects with a total investment of5.85 trillion VND (274.95 million USD) have become operational, whileother 57 projects totalling 12 trillion VND (564 million USD) arecarrying out construction work.
The local tourismsector has pinned much hope on the future road to strengthen itsconnectivity wit neighbouring localities to fully tap a treasure ofnatural resources and landscape held by the locality and the entireCentral Highlands, such as T’nung lake, Phu Cuong waterfall, Kon Ka KinhNational Park, Mang Den, and Yok Don National Park.
Ho Chi Minh Highway is the largest-ever project in Vietnam asit runs across the country with a total length of 3,183 km. As many as2,000 km of the road were opened to traffic. It is expected to becomefully operating before 2020.-VNA
Gia Lai lies in the region’s intersectionconnecting with the central coastal area where there are six economiczones, 54 industrial parks and 13 seaports.
Contractors have been speeding up construction of the section, which hasa total investment of 16 trillion VND (752 million USD).
Once finished, the section will stretch over 97 km through fivedistricts and Pleiku city of Gia Lai . It will connect with NationalHighway 19, Highway 25, and trans-provincial roads, creating a smoothtransport system between the locality and other regions.
To benefit most from the new road will be the province’s processing sector.
Gia Lai holds huge advantages of industrial crop farming as it ownsmore than 100,000 ha grown with rubber trees, nearly 80,000 ha withcoffee plants, and about 10,000 ha producing pepper.
Products from these industrial plants as well as other farm andforestry items will see their values rising because the highway will fixthe existing poor transport system, which has for long lowered pricesof these products.
The road will become an advantageof Gia Lai in luring more foreign and domestic investments forexploiting its position in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia developmenttriangle.
In 2013 and the first half of 2014, theprovince granted investment licences to and approved 149 projects valuedtens of trillion VND. Notably, 52 projects with a total investment of5.85 trillion VND (274.95 million USD) have become operational, whileother 57 projects totalling 12 trillion VND (564 million USD) arecarrying out construction work.
The local tourismsector has pinned much hope on the future road to strengthen itsconnectivity wit neighbouring localities to fully tap a treasure ofnatural resources and landscape held by the locality and the entireCentral Highlands, such as T’nung lake, Phu Cuong waterfall, Kon Ka KinhNational Park, Mang Den, and Yok Don National Park.
Ho Chi Minh Highway is the largest-ever project in Vietnam asit runs across the country with a total length of 3,183 km. As many as2,000 km of the road were opened to traffic. It is expected to becomefully operating before 2020.-VNA
