Vietnam Railway Corp. (VRC) will begin building eight new railway bridges along the north-south rail route in June.
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| Construction of 8 railway bridges will start in mid-June |
The construction is part of a project that is aimed at heightening safety of Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City rail route.
The project is estimated to cost VND2.47 trillion (USD118.51 million) in total, part of which will come from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s ODA.
Apart from the new bridges, the 30-month project will also help upgrade 44 existing railway bridges, a combined 37.6 kilometres of tracks, and paths.
Two railway overpass bridges will be built and construction will start for Ninh Binh railway, in the province of Ninh Binh.
Japanese Taisei Corporation and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, along with Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No. 1 (Cienco 1) of Vietnam are major contractors for the construction of the bridges.
When the project is completed, VRC will upgrade 44 dangerous points along the North-South rail route, ensuring safe journeys.
