The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport November 26 commissioned the HCMC Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company to broaden a stretch of the Hanoi Highway between Saigon Bridge and the Tan Van Crossroad to more than 100 meters. HCMC will broaden a 15.7-kilometer stretch of the Hanoi Highway to ease the terrible congestion on it (Photo: Tuoi Tre) The work on the 15.7-kilometer stretch, to be done under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract, will cost VND2.29 trillion (US$127 million) and take 36 months to complete. Join discussion...

Viet Nam should strengthen its private-public partnership (PPP) models to attract investments for infrastructure projects. This conclusion was reached at an international conference held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Ha Noi yesterday. Join discussion...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has granted the investment license for an underground car park project in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, its investor said Monday. Tran Luan Ngo, deputy general director of the Underground Space Investment and Development Company, said the VND1.7 trillion (US$95.6 million) project to build a multistoried underground parking lot in District 1’s Le Van Tam Park will be implemented in the BOT (build-operate-transfer) form. Join discussion...

Seven South Korean companies will take part in a project to build a $1.2 billion elevated railway track in Hanoi, state-run Vietnam News Agency reported Monday, citing the Ministry of Transportation. The companies, including Samsung, Daewoo, Ska, Kumho, Kangnam, will build the 33.5-kilometer railway line linking the center of the city to its western outskirts, the agency said, without detailing the full names of the firms. Join discussion...

HCMC eyes private investments in traffic projects Ho Chi Minh City plans to seek private domestic and foreign investment in some key traffic projects, Tran Quang Phuong, director of the city Department of Transport, told Sai Gon Giai Phong. Join discussion...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has suggested the setting up an investment fund for infrastructure development, in the form of a public-private partnership (PPP) with the aim of removing obstacles to the development of the country's infrastructure, which hinder the country's efforts to attract FDI, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported. Join discussion...

Sweden ’s SkeriNova Holding Group outlined the proposed Hanoi-HCM City railway at a meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Department of Infrastructure and Urban Affairs last week. Join discussion...

The Korean firm Chungsuk Engineering is seeking to take part in a new double-track rail line project linking HCMC with the central coast city of Nha Trang, and proposed to develop the track under the public-private partnership, said a source of the Ministry of Transport. Join discussion...

Malaysia’s Giant Group has asked the central province of Quang Tri for a permit to survey, design and build a 95-km railway section that links Dong Ha city to Lao Bao on the Vietnam-Laos borderline. Join discussion...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) made an announcement during a Jan. 14 conference, listing more than 60 urban infrastructure projects which require investment estimated at 12 billion USD between 2009 and 2016. Join discussion...