Deputy PM launches Can Giuoc-Can Gio ferry service

At the inaugural ceremony for the Can Giuoc-Can Gio ferry.

The Can Giuoc – Can Gio ferry service was constructed at a total cost of VND56 billion (US$2.45 million), it comprises two ferry terminals, two 30-tonne and 60-tonne ferries, and a system of technical infrastructure.

The 178m-long roadway to Tan Tap ferry cost VND5.8 billion (US$254,330) – with VND2 billion being provided from the Long An provincial budget and VND3.8 billion from investors. Meanwhile, the 863m-long roadway to Can Gio ferry cost VND15 billion (US$657,750), with the funds being sourced from Ho Chi Minh City’s budget.

The construction of the Can Giuoc - Can Gio ferry aims to meet the demands of automobiles travelling from National Highway 50 (in the provinces of Long An and Tien Giang) to Can Gio district (HCM City), and vice versa. The ferry will help to shorten the distance of the existing routes by 11-49 kilometres.

Earlier the same day, Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh attended a ceremony to announce the recognition of ten tamarind trees in the campus of Rach Nui Pagoda in Dong Thanh commune, Can Giuoc district, as Vietnam Heritage Trees.

At the headquarters of the Can Giuoc district police, Politburo member Binh presented 100 scholarships worth VND1 million each to poor students, and ten houses of gratitude worth VND40 million each to needy families in the locality./.

RTA (Summarized from NDO)