A Japanese-Vietnamese consortium has been chosen to provide consultancy services for Hanoi’s first elevated railway project.
The JKT consortium, made up of three local and five Japanese firms, signed a VND840 billion (US$47.46 million) contract with Vietnam’s Railway Project Management Unit to advise on the first phase of the Yen Vien – Ngoc Hoi Project for 74 months.
The Yen Vien-Ngoc Hoi line is one of the five public transport projects in a plan to develop the capital’s infrastructure and ease congestion in Hanoi by 2020. The plan was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last year, according to local newswire VnExpress.