167 km Expressway proposal linking Cambodia & Vietnam
Sun Chanthol the Cambodia Minister of Transport and Vietnamese Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia held talks on the 11th January 2017 relating to the construction of a 167 km toll road expressway between Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam.
![Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh Expressway](https://www.highways.today/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Phnom-Penh-to-Ho-Chi-Minh-Expressway-1024x665.jpg)
At present, the shortest route between the two cities is 232 km, and the proposed road would cut the transit time and carry up to US$ 5 Billion worth of trade a year, and boost the number of tourists visiting both countries.
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) estimated the cost of the road construction at around US$ 2.2 Billion in 2014.