Publication: An Expressway Development Strategy for Vietnam
Date
2008-12
ISSN
Published
2008-12
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Vietnam's rapid economic growth
continues to create new demands for transport infrastructure
and services. Bottlenecks to business activities caused by
infrastructure constraints are already appearing in several
areas. High rates of urbanization, rising traffic accidents,
new capacity constraints, and a large increase in asset
preservation requirements to meet the fast expansion of
transport assets presents further challenges to the sector.
To address these infrastructure bottlenecks, and to
gradually remove the transport constraints on industry,
Vietnam is embarking on an ambitious expressway development
program. To date the transport sector has facilitated this
growth principally through the rehabilitation and widening
of existing arterial roads. The national road network has
expanded to 17,000 km, the overall condition has improved
with 66 percent of the network being in good and fair
condition and 84 percent of the network is now paved. If
traffic growth rates continue at their current rate these
constraints could adversely impact future economic
development. The successful development of an expressway
system is a significant physical and financial commitment
which will require a number of changes to laws, regulations,
institutions and operations of the network.
Citation
“World Bank. 2008. An Expressway Development Strategy for Vietnam. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/33f2a5fe-7fb0-5531-ab05-e38b03b4eefe License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”