Central Vietnam tunnel remains open to traffic despite financial woes
By Doan Loan  February 21, 2021 | 09:08 pm GMT+7
The Hai Van Tunnel 2 in operation. Photo by VnExpress/Anh Duy.
The Hai Van Tunnel 2 will remain open to traffic despite an investor announcing its closure because it had become financially unviable.
Ngo Truong Nam, General Director of Deo Ca Group, the private side of the public-private-partnership (PPP) that built the tunnel, said Sunday morning that the company was continuing to operate the Hai Van Tunnel 2 to help reduce traffic congestion and boost public convenience.
Vehicles can pass both Hai Van Tunnel 1 and 2 in two directions as they move between Thua Thien-Hue Province and Da Nang, paying unchanged fees at the Bac Hai Van toll booth.