Vo Nguyen Giap Highway, which has been opened to traffic on January 4, is now said to be Hanoi's most beautiful road which provides shorter route from the city's centre to Noi Bai International Airport.
Vo Nguyen Giap Highway links the newly-opened Nhat Tan Bridge with Noi Bai Airport. The new route will cut driving time from Noi Bai Airport to the city centre to only 20 minutes.
The new route also aims to help reducing congestion and traffic flow and improving the economy of Dong Anh and Soc Son districts. In near future, urban areas and commercial centres will be built along the highway.
The 12km-long highway includes a cohesive system of overpasses and tunnels. It has a speed limit of 80km/h for four-wheeler lanes and 40km/h for two motorbike lanes. The six-lane Vo Nguyen Giap Highway had an investment of VND6.7 trillion (USD301.5 million) and completed with Japanese ODA.
The highway is named after the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap, who led the Dien Bien Phu Victory, forcing French government to abandon its colonial rules in Indochina.
