Binh Duong, Feb. 1 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 1 (or the fourth day of the lunar new year) attended a groundbreaking ceremony of the Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway's section running through the southern province of Binh Duong.

The Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh expressway's Binh Duong section is more than 52km long. It is designed with six lanes, enabling vehicles with maximum speed of 100 km per hour.

This is the first expressway connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc provinces, and then with Gia Nghia - Chon Thanh expressway to link to the Central Highlands region, thus creating development momentum for the Southeast region.

In the first phase 1, it will be bu...