Faster way to Dat Mui

In the minds of many people, Ca Mau is one of the most remote areas, and the furthest is Dat Mui. However, the southernmost land of the country will become closer when there is a highway.

These days, many people in Dat Mui are excited to talk about the Ca Mau - Dat Mui expressway project that has just started construction. When this project is completed, it will connect the expressway from Cao Bang - Lang Son to the Ca Mau Cape area.

The highway to Dat Mui will pass through mangrove forests typical of the southernmost region of the country. Photo: TAN THAI

As one of the long-time residents of Dat Mui, Mr. Sau Liem (Le Thanh Liem, 71 years old) said that in the past, Dat Mui people had to go through many difficulties to reach the center of Ca Mau province: because there was no road, they had to go by boat, from early morning to afternoon to reach the center of Ca Mau province. Then in early 2016, the Ho Chi Minh road to Dat Mui made the people here excited, the dream of a road for generations of Dat Mui people became a reality.

According to local people, since the Ho Chi Minh Trail reached Dat Mui, the appearance of the southernmost land of the country has changed a lot. The number of tourists visiting Ca Mau Cape for sightseeing and sightseeing is increasing, especially during holidays and Tet. Therefore, specialties such as crabs, shrimps, three-sided crabs, mudskippers, snails, etc. are also consumed more and have higher prices.

Many households take advantage of available resources to do community tourism, attracting many tourists to visit and experience the land and people in the southernmost region of the country. Therefore, the lives of the people of Dat Mui have improved and the economy has developed.

“During the Independence Day celebrations, the people of Dat Mui were very excited because soon, the people here will have a new highway. Not only that, but there will also be a port and the longest sea bridge in the country connecting to Hon Khoai Island, a strategic outpost island in the Southwest sea. Therefore, the people are even more excited,” Mr. Sau Liem expressed.

For that reason, households affected by the highway project are willing to hand over the land to the construction unit. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An (a household affected by the highway project, Dat Mui commune) shared: "When the local government organized a meeting to inform people about the compensation policy and the importance of the project, my family and I agreed to hand over more than 9,000 ^{square meters} of forest land combined with aquaculture to build the highway. I hope that the compensation policies applied will be most beneficial to the people."

Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province Pham Thanh Ngai informed that recently, a number of key projects have been and are being focused on implementation, thereby gradually removing bottlenecks in traffic infrastructure.

“These projects and works are all strategic, opening up new development space, creating strong momentum and being an important breakthrough for Ca Mau province to rise up in the new era - the era of national rise”, Mr. Pham Thanh Ngai emphasized.

The Ca Mau - Dat Mui Expressway project is about 92km long, with 4 lanes. The road to Hon Khoai Island is about 18km long - this is the longest sea-crossing bridge in Vietnam.

The Hon Khoai dual-use port has a capacity of 20 million tons/year and can receive ships up to 250,000 DWT. The total investment for the three projects is nearly VND100,000 billion. According to the plan, these projects will be completed by the end of 2028.

TAN THAI

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/duong-ve-dat-mui-nhanh-hon-post811292.html