3 Vietnamese Firms Win Deals to Build JICA-funded National Highway

Civil Construction Engineering Corp (Cienco) No.1, Civil Construction Engineering Corp (Cienco) No.8 and Thang Long Construction Corp (TLG) won packages worth VND1.8 trillion to build a 61.3-kilometer highway, local media reported.  TLG and Cienco 8 won PK1A package worth VND878.8 billion ($47.55 million) to build a highway section from Gia Lam to Dong Anh districts in Hanoi. Meanwhile, Cienco 1, Cienco 8 and TLC undertook PK1C package valued at VND985 billion to build a road section from Yen Phong and Soc Son districts in Hanoi.
Two packages are parts of a Hanoi-Thai Nguyen Highway project costing VND8.14 trillion funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).  The four-lane highway will run from Hanoi’s Ninh Hiep commune through Bac Ninh province’s Yen Phong district to Thinh Dan commune in Thai Nguyen.