Hanoi (VNA) – Aquiring 20 percent stake of FECON Corporation in the Phu LyBypass project has made Japanese East Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCO)and Japan Expressway International Co., Ltd (JEXWAY) become first foreignenterprises to set foot in a Vietnamese Build-Operate-Transfer project.
This is part of a strategic cooperation agreement on developing trafficinfrastructure projects in Vietnam signed at the forum on investment promotion inVietnam held in Tokyo within the framework of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’sofficial visit to Japan.
Accordingly, NEXCO and JEXWAY will join hands with FECON to transfer Japanesetechnology and management capacity in transport infrastructure while connectingFECON with other Japanese partners.
NEXCO President and CEO Y. Miyaike affirmed that the strategic cooperationagreement is of significance that marks the beginning of the partnership withpotential companies like FECON and its subsidiary Infrastructure Joint StockCompany (FCI).
NEXCO will provide its 50-year expertise in the maintenance and management ofexpressway for Vietnamese firms, he stressed.
Meanwhile, FECON Chairman Pham Viet Khoa said that NEXCO and JEXWAY’sparticipation in Phu Ly bypass project in northern Ha Nam province will makegreat contributions to the success of the project.-VNA