Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway is entering the completion phase, currently 22 bidding packages on the whole route are focusing on speeding up the progress.

According to Mr. Vu Van Khanh, Director of the Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects of Traffic Works in Quang Ninh Province, it is expected that in April 2022, Quang Ninh Province will complete and put into operation the entire highway. Van Don - Mong Cai expressway.

Van Don - Mong Cai expressway has a length of more than 80 km, includes 4 lanes, maximum speed of 120 km/h, deployed in the districts of: Van Don, Tien Yen, Dam Ha, Hai Ha and Mong Cai city.

The project has a total investment capital of about 11,195 billion VND, divided into two independent projects: Van Don - Tien Yen expressway using state budget capital; The Tien Yen - Mong Cai section is invested in the form of a public-private partnership, a Build - Operate - Transfer (BOT) contract, by Van Don Infrastructure Development and Investment Company Limited by Sun Group. investor.

After the expressway is completed, Quang Ninh will become the province owning the longest cross-provincial highway in Vietnam today, about 200km, forming the only coastal highway connecting directly and synchronously to all three provinces. economic zones include Quang Yen coastal economic zone, Van Don economic zone and Mong Cai border gate economic zone.

The expressway also connects with the longest highways in our country, Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Mong Cai, contributing to shortening the travel time from Hanoi to Mong Cai International Border Gate to only about 3 hours. hours compared to 6 hours ago.

The completion of the Van Don - Mong Cai expressway is assessed to help the border gate economic zones of Quang Ninh province have a remarkable development, create spillover power and be the driving force for the Eastern region of Quang Ninh. growing faster, drawing closer the socio-economic gap with localities with high growth rates such as Ha Long, Cam Pha, Mong Cai...

To ensure the construction progress, Quang Ninh province has launched many labor emulation campaigns such as the "30 days and nights" campaign to complete site clearance, 500 days and nights to complete the Van Don - Mong expressway project. Female; launched the peak emulation session "100 days and nights to complete 3 dynamic works" including Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway, Ha Long - Cam Pha sea border and Cua Luc 1 bridge project...

This is also an expressway that holds many "records" such as: the fastest progress of site clearance ever - only 15 days of speed completed the site clearance of the entire 80 km long route.

Van Don - Mong Cai Expressway owns the most bridges across the sea, across rivers and streams with 32 bridges on the whole route; In which, there is Van Tien bridge - the longest bridge in Quang Ninh province today, construction completed less than 1 year.