Czech OHL signing memorandum with Ben Tre on road and bridge building cooperation

On November 23, 2009, an OHL Corporation delegation paid avisit to Ben Tre and was received by Mr Nguyen Van Hieu, Vice Chairman of Ben Tre People's Committee and many officials from the province's departments and sectors.

At the official meeting and working with Ben Tre leaders, the OHL delegation highly appraised the long-time relationship between Viet Nam with the former Czechoslovakia and the current Czech Republic. Several cooperative projects was promised by the OHL delegation to help Ben Tre with practical results.

At the meeting, the OHL Corporation signed with Ben Tre province a memorandum on an investment project to help Ben Tre build a beltway ltying to the North of Ben Tre City (starting in Son Dong Commune and ending in My Thanh An Commune). The project would include the construction of a 4-lane road and the Ben Tre 3 Bridge. The total cost amount for the project is estimated at VND1,000 billion (or 50 million euros). This is a BT (build and transfer) project.

Translated by Truong Hung