Having total investment of 420 billion VND, the road will connect the National Road 32 section in Gia Hoi and the intersection of the Noi Bai - Lao Cai Expressway and the Provincial Road 166 in Dong An commune, Van Yen district.

The project, scheduled to finish before November 2023, is expected to complete the transport network from the eastern to the western part of the province.

A day prior, work also began on a project on developing inter-regional transport infrastructure to support socio-economic development in Yen Bai’s poor districts.

The project has total investment of over 913 billion VND. It includes the construction of a 29.43km stretch connecting Khanh Hoa commune, Luc Yen district, and An Binh communes, Van Yen district, which receives soft loans from Saudi Arabia.

Expected to be operational in January 2024, the project aims to link the Luc Yen, National Road 70 and Noi Bai - Lao Cai Expressway and create a transport corridor among districts of Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, Lao Cai and the capital city of Hanoi.