The Haiphong–Ha Long–Van Don–Mong Cai Expressway () is an expressway in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, connecting

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

with the east border town of

Mong Cai Mong may refer to: People *A proposed original name for the Hmong people, based on the main group, the Mong community *Bob Mong (), American journalist and academic administrator *Henry Mong (), American surgeon and Presbyterian missionary *Mong M ...

, towards Dongxing in China. It connects to G7511 Qinzhou–Dongxing Expressway on the Chinese side of the border.

Construction

Haiphong–Ha Long

This section starts at Haiphong, connecting to the Hanoi–Haiphong Expressway. It was built at a total investment cost of VND 25,000 billion. The total length is . The maximum speed is . The government of Quảng Ninh province invested 6,400 billion VND in this section, making it one of the first examples of regional government investment in expressways.

Ha Long–Van Don

The investment cost for this , four-lane section was VND 12,000 billion. It opened in December 2018. The toll amount was set at VND 2,100/km. The expressway currently ends at

Van Don International Airport Van Don International Airport or Ha Long Airport is an airport in Vân Đồn district, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. It is located about away from Hạ Long and from Cẩm Phả. It is the first private airport in Vietnam, built and opera ...

Van Don–Mong Cai

This section runs from Van Don Airport to the border with China at

Móng Cái Móng Cái (, /mong:gaai:si/) is a city in Quảng Ninh province in Northeast Vietnam. History Its name Móng Cái (硭街市, /mong:gaai/) originated from Cantonese language, meaning "the mong market". It generalized the situation of the popu ...

, totaling 80 km, with an investment cost of VND 11,195 billion, financed through a 19-year build-operate-transfer contract with a

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daughter company. Travel time between the two termini was shortened from 120 minutes to 50 minutes and the maximum speed was initially 100 km/h, and was later modified to 120 km/h. Construction started in 2020 and finished on 30 April 2022.

References

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