Vietnam Bridges Inaugurated Tender

As of the end of 2019 Viet Nam will complete the construction of 3200 bridges which are sponsored by World Bank WB loans.Local Road Assets Management Project LRAMP launched since 2015 helps build more than 4100 bridges at 50 provinces and cities. The project is financed by the WB with the total loans of US385 million or VND9000 billion. After three years of implementation nearly 2000 bridges have been buit or are being built with 1400 bridges inaugurated. As of the end of 2019 1800 bridges will complete exceeding the implementation schedule by 200 ones. Earlier in 2016 the bridge building and road asset management project financed by the World Bank was approved. The project aims to build bridges to ensure traffic safety for ethnic minority communities between 2014 and 2020 contributing to socio-economic and cultural development in rural areas especially remote areas. Specifically nearly 676 km of rural road will be upgraded and over 61 km will be regularly maintained.Besides the project will help construct 2170 out of 4145 bridges that the Government has planned for the period 2014-2020.The project will be launched between 2016 and 2021 with total capital of US408.93 million including US385 from the World Bank and the rest covered by Viet Nam.