Haiphong–Ha Long–Van Don–Mong Cai Expressway

The Haiphong–Ha Long–Van Don–Mong Cai Expressway (Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Hải Phòng – Hạ Long – Vân Đồn – Móng Cái) is an expressway in Vietnam, connecting Hanoi with the east border town of Mong Cai, towards Dongxing in China. It connects to G7511 Qinzhou–Dongxing Expressway on the Chinese side of the border.

CT.06 Expressway
Hai Phong–Ha Long–Van Don–Mong Cai Expressway
Đường cao tốc Hải Phòng – Hạ Long – Vân Đồn – Móng Cái
Van Tien Bridge between Van Don and Tien Yen
Route information
Maintained by SunGroup
Length	175 km (109 mi)
Existed	1 September 2018–present
Major junctions
West end	Bach Dang Bridge, Hai An, Haiphong
East end	at Bac Luan II Border Gate, Chinese border
Location
Country	Vietnam
Provinces	Haiphong, Quang Ninh
Highway system
Transport in Vietnam
← CT.05 → CT.07

Construction

Haiphong–Ha Long

This section starts at Haiphong, connecting to the Hanoi–Haiphong Expressway. It was built at a total investment cost of VND 25,000 billion. The total length is 25 kilometres (16 mi). The maximum speed is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).^[1] The government of Quảng Ninh province invested 6,400 billion VND in this section, making it one of the first examples of regional government investment in expressways.^[2][3]

Ha Long–Van Don

The investment cost for this 60-kilometre (37 mi), four-lane section was VND 12,000 billion. It opened in December 2018.^[4] The toll amount was set at VND 2,100/km.^[5][6] The expressway currently ends at Van Don International Airport.

Van Don–Mong Cai

This section runs from Van Don Airport to the border with China at Móng Cái, totaling 80 km, with an investment cost of VND 11,195 billion, financed through a 19-year build-operate-transfer contract with a Sun Group daughter company. Travel time between the two termini was shortened from 120 minutes to 50 minutes and the maximum speed was initially 100 km/h, and was later modified to 120 km/h. Construction started in 2020 and finished on 30 April 2022.^[7][8][9]

References

1. "Cao tốc Hà Nội - Hải Phòng - Hạ Long - Vân Đồn - Sun Group Quảng Ninh" (in Vietnamese). Sungroup.quangninh.vn. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
2. "Cao tốc Hạ Long - Hải Phòng được nâng tốc độ lên 100 km/h" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
3. Trọng Đức (2018-01-09). "Thông xe cao tốc Hạ Long-Hải Phòng, đi Hà Nội tới Hạ Long chỉ mất 1,5 giờ - Báo Người lao động" (in Vietnamese). Nld.com.vn. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
4. Hoàng Hà - Việt Linh (2018-12-24). "Cảnh kỳ vĩ hai bên cao tốc Hạ Long - Vân Đồn sắp thông xe" (in Vietnamese). News.zing.vn. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. "Cao tốc nghìn tỷ đẹp như tranh, Hà Nội đi Vân Đồn chỉ 2 tiếng" (in Vietnamese). Vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
6. "Cao tốc Hạ Long-Vân Đồn chính thức thu phí từ hôm nay" (in Vietnamese). Kinhtedothi.vn. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
7. "Hơn 11.000 tỷ đồng đầu tư cao tốc Vân Đồn - Móng Cái - VnExpress". Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
8. "Land clearance for Vân Đồn-Móng Cái Highway to be completed by August 15".
9. "Tăng tốc thi công, hoàn thành cao tốc Vân Đồn-Móng Cái vào ngày 30/4 | Giao thông | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus (in Vietnamese). 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-29.