Socio-economic

Thursday, 26/12/2024
Transportation
  

Transportation

1.  Road

Entire province has 2.500 km road, 1A national road cross the province from North to South. Provincial roads namely 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8A, 8B, 10A, 10B, 10C, 11A, 11B, 15 and others also cross the province.

Besides, 49A national way connects mountainous and coastal regions from west to east. 49B national way runs across other coastal and lagoon areas. National roads namely 14, 14B, 14C and 49 run across midland and western mountainous area (A Luoi and An Dong district)

Data regarding transportation infrastructure: 80% asphalt road, 70% concreted road in rural area (district and communes) , 100% automobile accessing commune s.

2. Maritime and water way

Total length of 563km inland waterway and lagoon Thua Thien Hue has Chan May deep sea port and Thuan An sea port. Thuan An sea port is about 13km to the Northeast of Hue city. For years, province has focused on investing in constructing 5 150m-long piers in Thuan  An sea port. Thuan An sea port is capable of receiving 1.000 ton boats and was recognized as national sea port. Located about 49km from Hue city, Chan May deep sea port is having its very firs technical categories constructed to exploit advantage in terms of trans North-South traffic axis and East-West corridor to motivate economic development in the coming years.

3. Rail-way

101,2 km trans North-South railway runs across Thua Thien Hue province plays an important role in local transportation.

4. Airway

Thua Thien Hue is home to Phu Bai international airport located in 1A national way. It is about 15km to the South of Hue city. In recent years, Phu Bai Airport infrastructure has had considerable changes which enable airplanes namely Airbus A320 and Boeing 747 operate safely.

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