Southern localities to build monorail

Hanoi (VNA) - The Southern Transport and Communications Development Research Centre is planning to build a 250 million USD monorail route in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

Deputy Director of the Centre Dr Tran Xuan Dung said that the 17km monorail
route will link the heart of Ca Mau city to the Ca Mau gas-power-fertiliser
industrial zone and airport. The route is expected to meet the increasing
travelling demand of local people and help develop tourism in the province,
he added.

The provincial transport and communications service is calling for foreign
and local investors to involve in the project.

For its part, Ho Chi Minh City has signed with Malaysia 's Berjaya
Group a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a feasibility study on building
two monorail routes in the city. They are a 24-km monorail route linking the
intersection of Highway 50 with Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard and an 8.5km
route from the Go Vap intersection to the Quang Trung Software Park
.

By 2020, the city will have three monorail routes with a combined length of
37km.

With less noise and high transport capacity, monorail is considered an
effective solution to increase public transport and reduce traffic
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