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Urgent construction project: Long Thanh Expressway gets 10 lanes!
Learn about the urgent investments in the expansion of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway to optimize traffic by 2027.
Urgent construction project: Long Thanh Expressway gets 10 lanes!
On May 25, 2025, the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction announced urgent measures to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway. This expansion is needed to accommodate the increasing number of travelers expected with the upcoming opening of Long Thanh Airport in 2026. Loud vietnam.vn The project requires the expansion of the road to ten lanes and the construction of an additional Long Thanh Bridge with five lanes.
The Ministry of Construction has officially requested support from the Ministry of Finance, particularly in relation to the selection of contractors and specific mechanisms for the project. The Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) proposes to approve the project as an emergency construction project covering a length of nearly 22 km to achieve the planned objectives on time.
A clear schedule
The progress of the project is marked by a tight schedule. Approval of the project will take place on July 24, 2025, followed by approval of construction plans from August 8, 2025 and selection of the contractor on August 13, 2025. Construction is scheduled to begin on August 19, 2025, with completion of the section from the Ringstrasse 2 junction to Ringstrasse 3 in September 2026. Additional sections are scheduled to be completed by October 2026, while the The main bridge of the Long Thanh Bridge is scheduled for December 2026 and full completion by March 2027.
These measures are not surprising as the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Highway, which is under construction and covers a length of 58 km, is proving to be a major transport link in Ho Chi Minh City, Long An Province and Đồng Nai Province. The project, approved back in 2010, has proven extremely complex and is suffering from financial and time delays.
Financing and challenges
The highway, which is being financed in part thanks to a loan from the Asian Development Bank, was originally slated for completion in 2018. However, due to budget overruns and other financial hurdles, this date was repeatedly pushed back. Loud Wikipedia A completion date in the third quarter of 2025 was last mentioned.
An integral part of the route are two large cable-stayed bridges: the Bình Khánh Bridge, with a total length of 2,764 meters, and the Phước Khánh Bridge, which stretches over 3,186 meters. These bridges were built by a joint venture between Sumitomo – Cienco4 Group. The construction of the bridges was temporarily suspended due to financial problems, which further increased the complexity of the entire transport project.
Overall, the combination of the expansion of the expressway and the completion of the Ben Luc – Long Thanh Highway represents a significant advance for Vietnam's transport infrastructure, which needs to adapt to the increasing demands of the region.