Work starts on tunnels in Thua Thien-Hue province

20 May 2013


Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued an order on 18 May to kick off construction of two tunnels in Phu Loc district, central Thua Thien-Hue province.

The Phuoc Tuong and Phu Gia tunnels on National Highway 1A will be built with a total cost of over VND 1.7tn (USD 83M) under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.

The 345m Phuoc Tuong and 497m Phu Gia tunnels are both 11.5m wide and include two lanes for vehicles.

The projects are expected to be completed within 18 months.