At the request of the government, ADB approved a sovereign loan from ordinary capital resources to the Government of Viet Nam for the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)–Long Thanh–Dau Giay (HLD) Expressway Construction Project. Government of Japan provided cofinancing through the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, now the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). At appraisal, the project envisaged the construction of approximately 51 kilometers (km) of four-lane, tolled expressway.
The expressway was to commence at the junction of the Second Ring Road in District 9, HCMC, and end at a junction with National Highway 1 at Dau Giay, Dong Nai Province. It would provide a direct connection from the center of HCMC to the economic growth areas in the provinces north of HCMC along National Highway 1, which connects HCMC to Hanoi. The expressway was to be designed as a toll road, with access initially restricted to three locations: the intersection with the Second Ring Road, the intersection with National Highway 51 at the southern end of Long Thanh town, and at Dau Giay.
This report validates the completion report's assessment of the project. IED overall assessment: Successful.