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This is a key project of the city, being started work in October 2019, with a total investment of VND473 billion (US$20.5 million), including VND370 billion (US$16 million) for construction and equipment installation costs. The project has been implemented with a goal of improving traffic, water drainage and urban beauty. Nguyen Huu Canh Street (Photo: VOV) The 3.2-kilometer-long project consists of items such as water drainage system improvement, lighting system installation, tree planting, technical infrastructure works and repair of the soundproof walls of Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden, Thi Nghe 2 Bridge, Van Thanh 2 Bridge and Thu Thiem Bridge. The Nguyen Huu Canh Street upgrading project is expected to contribute to reducing traffic congestion and flooding in the street over the past ten years as well as ease traffic pressure at the eastern gateway to the city. By Quoc Hung- Translated by Huyen Huong …

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Hai Van Pass among ten most beautiful drives worldwide Hai Van Pass Hai Van Pass in Da Nang city has been listed among the 10 most beautiful drives in the world, according to a recent article published by Travel + Leisure magazine. Hai Van Pass has been dubbed "one of the best coast roads in the world" by Jeremy Clarkson, former host of British motoring show Top Gear. The website also recommends that those travelling along the route take the road slow as conditions can become a slightly foggy. Running for a total length of 20km, the pass has become one of the most popular destinations for visitors to snap photographs, with over 52,000 photos taken at the site uploaded to Instagram. The global list is based on analysis provided by Pentagon Motor Group (PMG), which searches more than seven million Instagram hashtags in order to uncover the world's most stunning routes. As part of PMG’s research, they discovered that the Great Ocean Road in Australia is the most beautiful road trip in the world, followed closely by the Big Sur in the United States and Jebel Hafeet in the United Arab Emirates. Vietnam extends condolences to Indonesia over sunken submarine Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on April 26 sent a message of condolences to his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi over the sunken submarine KRI Nanggala-402. Indonesia’s Antara News Agency reported that KRI Nanggala-402 became untraceable on April 22 during live torpedo training exercises off the Indonesian holiday island of Bali. The 40-year-old submarine was found split into three pieces on the sea bed after five days of search efforts. All the vessel's 53 crew have been confirmed dead./. HCM City cancels fireworks celebrating National Reunification Day Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on April 26 cancelled the fireworks display celebrating the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) …

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Experts have repeatedly warned that Long Bien Bridge is in serious state and is going to collapse. Meanwhile, Hanoi is programming the development of a ‘creative city’. What should be done with Long Bien? Long Bien Bridge (photo Hien Anh) Hanoi is called the city of rivers as it exists on the sides of rivers, including Red River, the source of life and a reflection of the capital city's history. Long Bien Bridge was built in 1902. Only after 84 years did Hanoi have more bridges – Thang Long and Chuong Duong. The 1998 city plan called for nearly 10 more bridges. From 2000 to 2015, Hanoi built four new bridges. Vinh Tuy Bridge, opened in 2010, had investment capital of more than $400 million. The three other bridges, capitalized at $1.5 billion, were built with ODA capital. Of these, Thanh Tri Bridge, at $410 million, was built in 2007, Vinh Thinh at $400 million in 2014, and Nhat Tan at $650 million in 2015. The transport development plan to 2030 was approved by the municipal authorities in 2016. In addition to existing bridges, it called for expanding or building nine bridges crossing the Red River. The total investment capital for the bridges was estimated at VND100 trillion, while Hanoi’s total budget collection in the 2015-2020 period was VND940 trillion. The total investment in transport infrastructure was VND5-7 trillion a year. The state budget therefore did not allocate capital for the bridges crossing Red River in the 2016-2020 periid. During that time, only the construction of Van Lang Bridge was implemented under the BOT (build, operate, transfer) mode, capitalized at $65 million (10 percent of Nhat Tan). In late 2020, Hanoi completed the upgrading of Thang Long Bridge surface ($27 million) and kicked off the second stage, expanding the Vinh Tuy Bridge with capital from the state budget. In March 2020, Hanoi proposed building Tu Lien and Thuong Cat Bridges, capitalized at VND26 trillion as public investment projects and under …

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