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Passages to be built for high-tonnage ships in Hậu River

VNGOVNet – The PM agreed on January 22 to the basic contents of the investment project on the construction of the passages for high-tonnage ships in the Hậu River submitted by the Ministry of Transport (MT) in Document 8236/BGTVT-KHĐT dated December 29, 2006. The MT was assigned to decide investment for the Project in line with the current stipulations.

January 24, 2007 8:04 AM GMT+7

The PM also entrusted the MT to act as the major implementer, in collaboration with the ministries of Planning and Investment and Finance, in seeking for feasible capital for the Project and submitting it to the PM for consideration and decision.

The Project to build passages for high-tonnage ships in the Hậu River requires a capital of VND 3,148.7 billion. Its investor is the Management Board of Waterway Projects under the MT. When the Project is finished, vessels with the tonnage ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 tons can easily enter and exit all seaports in the Hậu River.

By Xuân Hồng

(Source: Document 123/TTg-CN)