(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Saturday attended the ground-breaking ceremony of Ben Luc-Long Thanh highway in Can Gio district, HCM City. He asked localities and contractors to pay attention to site clearance and carry out the project on schedule, meeting technical specifications: “I ask the project’s investor to abide by the law while carrying out this project and to realize the commitment to ensuring progress and quality.”

The road project, the largest of its kind in the south, has a total investment capital of over 1.6 billion USD. The more than 57km long and four-lane highway is designed for vehicles to run at a maximum speed of approximately 100km per hour. The highway, which will go through HCM City, and Long An and Dong Nai provinces, is expected to promote socio-economic development in the key southern economic region, especially the south eastern area.