Danang city opens South-East ring road section

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The 7km four-lane road, which was built with total funds of VND 490 billion from the World Bank and the city’s counter fund, will help ease traffic congestion in the city centre and promote links to the East-West Economic Corridor that connects Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Delegates at the road's opening ceremony.

In his remarks at the road's opening ceremony, Deputy Chairman of the Danang Municipal People Committee Dang Viet Dung said the ring road was part of the Southern ring road which connects the 1A Highway with 14B Highway.

The road, which is part of the city’s sustainable development plan, will help boost development to the South of the city in a new developing urban area. The city will complete construction of its ring-road system in the West and South connecting National Highway No 14B and the Ho Chi Minh Trail by 2020.

The city’s ring-road system will also help link the city’s Information Technology Park, Hi-tech Park, La Son-Tuy Loan Highway, Lien Chieu Port and Kim Lien railway cargo station as a logistics centre for the East-West Economic Corridor.

Ring road linking Hoa Phuoc with Hoa Khuong communes opens to traffic.

In 2013, the World Bank agreed to provide $202 million for a US$272-million sustainable development project to help improve the city’s Bus Rapid Transit network, build new roads, and revamp the existing drainage system.

In 2008-13, the WB also donated 70 per cent of the total investment of US$218.4 million for a priority infrastructure project in the city.

These projects have helped Danang become a more sustainable city by improving the urban environment and increasing urban mobility in a clean, safe, inclusive and energy efficient manner.