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	Strikers at Hai Van Pass Tunnel Construction Site Return to Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Striking workers at the Hai Van Pass tunnel project resumed work on August 8, 2002, after a two-day strike was resolved through negotiations with company management.
		The construction of the Hai Van Pass tunnel project began in August 2000, and the Cienco 6-Hazama join venture has so far excavated 1,412m of the proposed 3,850m main tunnel.
		The Hai Van Pass tunnel project is being funded by a 251 million USD investment, 85 percent of which has come from the Japanese government's official development assistance (ODA) loans, which are Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
	www.geocities.com /hoan_kiem/09-2002/VN-haivanpass-strike.html (394 words)

	VietNam News
		Khai said Hai Van Tunnel was the gateway for the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC), a huge project of ASEAN and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in particular.
		Hai Van Tunnel, which took nearly five years to complete, includes 6.3km of the main tunnel, plus the 6.3km parallel evacuation tunnel, a 1.9km system of cellars for ventilation, and three electrolastic filter systems with 15 cross-passage tunnels.
		The tunnel is equipped with a lighting system, a ventilation system, and a special use mechanical hardware system with highly automated and modern functions, according to Transport Minister Dao Dinh Binh.
	vietnamnews.vnanet.vn /showarticle.php?num=11ECO060605 (732 words)

	VietNamNet Bridge
		The tunnel is expected to be put into trial operation on the 115th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), and will be officially opened to traffic in June.
		The tunnel with roads linking it with streets is about 12km long, 9km less than the existing road through the pass.
		To ensure traffic safety and provision for emergency cases, the tunnel has been equipped with a lighting system, a ventilation system, fire alarm and fire fighting equipment, a telephone system, a radio and camera system, and a traffic monitoring and control system and other equipment.
	english.vietnamnet.vn /social/2005/05/422519 (326 words)

	Vietnam’s largest mountainous pass tunnel opens to traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The tunnel — which traverses the Hai Van Mountain Pass — is 15.1 kilometers long and links Thua Thien-Hue Province in the north and Danang city in the south.
		The tunnel will provide good conditions for socio-economic growth in the region, as the tunnel is the final link of the East-West Corridor, and of great importance towards ASEAN countries and those in the Mekong region, said PM Phan Van Khai.
		The Hai Van Tunnel is only available for circulation from 6am to 6pm every day during the first week after the inauguration, before it opens ‘round the clock.
	perso.numericable.fr /~patrickgu/cantho/vnnews05/opens.htm (343 words)

	VietNam News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to Nguyen Dinh Bach, director of the Hai Van Management and Development Co (Hamadeco), tunnel use averaged 252 vehicles an hour.
		The tunnel’s is electricity usage costs billions of Vietnamese Dong per month, and he said any congestion in the tunnel could waste energy.
		The 12-km Hai Van Tunnel was officially opened by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on June 5.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /showarticle.php?num=07ECO170605 (269 words)

	Social Affairs 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hai Van Tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in Southeast Asia and one of the 30 largest modern tunnels in the world was opened to traffic on Sunday after more than 1,700 days of construction.
		Hai Van Pass lying on National Highway No1, north of Da Nang City, is one of the most dangerous sections because of narrow road and mountainous terrain.
		The tunnel is expected to bring about many socio-economic changes in the region, as well as it will help regulate the traffic flow and transport goods, remarkably reduce the travel time and costs for vehicles, as well as successfully implement the East-West Economic Corridor programme in the enlarged Mekong river sub-region.
	www.vov.org.vn /2005_06_05/english/xahoi1.htm (2761 words)

	VN-style.com - Daily News on Trade, Investment, Finance, Banking and Economy in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hai Van tunnel, connecting Thua Thien Hue province and Da Nang City the central Vietnam, was officially opened to traffic on June 5 after more than 1,700 days of construction.
		The Hai Van tunnel, one of the 30 largest and most modern tunnels in the world, helps cut the 22-km distance between Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang to 10km, shortening the time needed to go through the mountainous pass to only 10 minutes from almost an hour.
		PM Khai cut the ribbon inaugurating the Hai Van tunnel at 10: 30a.m on June 5.
	www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn /viewDetails.asp?catId=3&PostId=22837 (385 words)

	VietnamTrade.org :: Business News Archive
		HANOI, Nov 10 Asia Pulse - The tunnel through Hai Van mountain that will supplement the narrow, dangerous high pass that for centuries has been used to traverse a natural barrier across Vietnam was joined last Friday.
		The Hai Van Tunnel is one of 20 transport projects funded with ODA loans from Japan and will link Lang Co in Thua Thien-Hue with Lien Chieu in Da Nang.
		It is one of 30 of the world's longest tunnels and is expected to play a vital role in the economic development by reducing travelling time and making road transport safer.
	www.vietnamtrade.org /news_archive.cfm?pubid=5A04FF8D-640C-4F10-8E1D-53AA68F086A5 (422 words)

	VN-style.com - Daily News on Trade, Investment, Finance, Banking and Economy in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hai Van tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in Southeast Asia, will open to traffic on June 5 after more than 1,700 days of construction.
		The tunnel is equipped with a video camera system, three 153m static electricity ducts for removing dust, a 1.8km long ventilation system, a vehicle counter system, a fire alarm system and other essential equipment.
		Nguyen Ngoc Canh, director of the Hai Van tunnel project, said the total cost for the construction of the four-year project is US$150 million, US$100 million less than the initial estimate.
	www.vnstyle.vdc.com.vn /print.asp?PostID=22818 (268 words)

	Saigontourist
		Hai Van Pass is on the most attractive tourism route of the central region, passing four world cultural and natural heritage sites: the ancient city of Hue, the ancient town of Hoi An, My Son Sanctuary and Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.
		Hai Van Pass is a great natural wall preventing strong winds from the north from spreading to the south; therefore, provinces from Da Nang southward enjoy warm climate all the year round.
		Just when the building of the tunnel through the pass began, Thua Thien -Hue tourism sector made preparations to serve tourists to visit the pass, particularly mountain-climbing tours, said Mr Vo Phi Hung, director of the provincial tourism department.
	www.saigon-tourist.com /news/detail_en.asp?id=2601 (476 words)

	VietNam News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hai Van Tunnel officially opened to traffic last week.
		The tunnel allows vehicles to travel up to 60km/h, but heavy traffic reduced the average speed to 36km/h, according to Hamadeco’s figures.
		Tunnel managers reported 18 vehicles passed others, and 20 vehicles came to a halt while in the tunnel.
	vietnamnews.vnanet.vn /showarticle.php?num=07ECO170605 (269 words)

	Main news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Le Van, an official from the VRC, said if work on the railway started next year it would be finished by 2008, requiring annual investment between VND650-850 billion ($41-54 million).
		Van said the study suggested funds for the four-year construction would come from the sale of Government bonds.
		Vo Van Quang, an official of the Goldsun company, said the awareness of manufacturers and service businesses was also hindering the advertising industry.
	www.saigonnet.vn /english/bs/industry/mar04 (9479 words)

	Mail to friends, Printed Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		HANOI — Vietnam’s longest land tunnel, under the Hai Van mountain in the country’s centre, opened to traffic at the weekend, boosting hopes of economic benefits, officials said Monday.
		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Japanese Ambassador Norio Hattori attended Sunday’s ceremony to inaugurate the tunnel built with funds from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
		Business Day: Vietnam’s longest land tunnel opens to traffic HANOI — Vietnam’s longest land tunnel, under the Hai Van mountain in the country’s centre, opened to traffic at the weekend, boosting hopes of economic benefits, officials said Monday.
	www.biz-day.com /mail_to_friend/dbxd8-q (172 words)

	Central Vietnam tunnel toll-free for first month
		The 12-km tunnel is among the 30 longest and most modern tunnels in the world.
		Another tunnel running parallel is reserved for maintenance and emergencies.
		The emergency tunnel is scheduled for expansion in 2010 to meet the increase of traffic.
	pro.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews05/tollfree.htm (87 words)

	Vietnam Information
		The Hai Van Pass is situated at 1,500m above sea-level.
		The name means "Pass of the Ocean Clouds", relating to the fact that the peak reaches beyond the clouds, while the foot is close to the sea.
		There are plans to dig a tunnel through Hai Van Pass to ease access for visitors.
	www.traveller2000.com /province/vietnam/Vietnam_Hue.html (826 words)

	adamstein.org: Onward, upward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ahead of me, Hai Van lurches another few feet skyward, propelled by some malevolent tectonic force.
		Across the land, Vietnamese mothers extort obedience from their children with terrifying tales of the Hai Van pass.
		At least, I assume they do this, based on the excellent job the marketwomen have done terrifying me. They mime the sheer cliff faces, then point to my skinny legs, then shake their heads.
	www.adamstein.org /archive/individual/2003/02/17/onward_upward.html (317 words)

	Economics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hai Van Tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in Southeast Asia and one of the 30 largest tunnels in the world, will open to traffic this Sunday after more than 1,700 days of construction.
		The 6.3 km-long main tunnel will be lit with 1,000 high-voltage yellow bulbs, which can automatically change their brightness to suit the vision of drivers.
		Motorbikes of less than 175cu.cm and pedestrians are prohibited from using the tunnel because they cannot stand the noise, heat or wind inside the tunnel.
	www.vov.org.vn /2005_06_03/english/kinhte1.htm (1477 words)

	VN business news (Mar 30, 1997)
		Back to headlines _[INLINE] Vietnam approves 163 million dollar Hai Van pass tunnel project _ HANOI, March 30 (AFP) - Vietnam has approved a 163 million dollar project to build a tunnel through Hai Van pass in central Vietnam, the official Vietnam News Agency reported Sunday.
		The project includes construction of a 14 kilometer (8.68 mile) road, including a five kilometer (3.1 mile) tunnel, running through Hai Van pass on Vietnam's backbone north-south National Highway One, the agency said.
		The rail and road tunnel will dramatically shorten travel time between Vietnam's ancient imperial capital of Hue and the coastal city of Danang, a journey which now entails snaky switchbacks to climb the 900 metre (3,000 foot) pass.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /~vu/vnsa/1997/vnsa14/msg00066.html (2484 words)

	[NEWS] Biggest bridge in Northern Vietnam to be built etc
		It is the first project of the transport sector to receive nonrefundable aid from Japan and will include 21 bridges in remote rural and mountainous areas of the 14 northern provinces.
		The project, which was agreed to by the governments of Vietnam and Japan in January and May 1996, are expected to be finished within the next three years.
		Under the project, a 14 km long road, including a 5km long tunnel, will be built for railway and other means of transport which run on Vietnam's backbone route, national highway 1A, linking the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and coastal city of Da Nang.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /~vu/vnsa/1997/vnsa14/msg00263.html (584 words)

	Intellasia - News Highlights of Vietnam — Sep 24, 2004
		Top leaders of the trade ministry are trying to evade questions on the graft scandal of its allocation system of garment export quotas, criticized a seminar on exports in HCM City September 22.
		Le Van Quy, chief of the Ha Tien Cement Co I’s cement material procurement office was sentenced to four years jail for bribery.
		Mahathir met with former prime minister Vo Van Kiet in HCM City during his visit to Vietnam and expressed his admiration for the country's fast economic growth.
	www.accessvietnam.net /Archive/040924.html (2923 words)

	Bid and Offer - 8/24/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Project Management Unit 85 under the Ministry of Communications and Transport signed with the selected bidders contracts to develop two major packages for building a tunnel under Hai Van Pass in the central region.
		According to the contracts, two tunnels with a combined length of 6,400 meters will be developed from Lang Co Bridge in Thua Thien Hue Province to Lien Chieu Industrial Park in Danang.
		The main tunnel will 11.5 meters wide and 4.95 meters high and comprise two lanes allowing vehicles to run as fast as 80kph.
	www.vietnamebiz.com /Bid-Offer82400.html (540 words)

	Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After 5 years of construction through a mountain pass, the Hai Van tunnel, the first of its kind in Vietnam on national highway No. 1 is set to be inaugurated next week, authorities said.
		The Hai Van Tunnel construction was supervised by Nippon Koei Corporation from Japan, Louis Berger from the US, and TEDI Company of Vietnam.
		The tunnel project encompasses a two-lane 12,182 meter highway, including a 6,274-meter long tunnel section, eight bridges 1,635 meters in length, and 4,273 meters of highway.
	thanhniennews.com /society?catid=3&newsid=6962 (271 words)

	GMS Development Matrix - ADB.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Project consists of construction of two parallel 6,400 m tunnels and 5,900 m access roads and bridges along Highway 1, connecting Da Nang and Hue.
		The tunnel is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of 2004.
		Construction of a four-lane, 140 km road from Cam Lo in Quang Tri Province to the Hai Van Tunnel in Da Nang designed for speeds of 80 to 120 kph, including two tunnels with a combined length of 1 km, is planned.
	www.adb.org /GMS/Projects/devmatrix.asp?fl=2 (1803 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
		In central Vietnam, workers are steadily digging the Hai Van Pass tunnel, which will cut hours from the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh road route by allowing truckers to pass under, rather than over, the immense mountains separating Danang from Hue.
		In mid-2002, Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Le Thanh Hai, chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City (a position equivalent to mayor), and is now considered the front-runner to become the prime contractor for Lines 1 and 2.
		Mitsui has met with Le Thanh Hai to discuss the subway project, and a Hitachi source said his company is interested in becoming a subcontractor in the future.
	atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/FK03Ae03.html (2195 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most bridges and tunnels are seriously deteriorated and operating speed is limited on 30% of the total length.
		Approximately one third of Vietnam's locomotive fleet consists of obsolete steam engines and there is a serious capacity shortage for repairing and maintaining the diesel fleet.
		Government has obtained funds from Japan (OECF) to rehabilitate major tunnels and bridges in the rail network, so as to improve operational speeds.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1997/02/28/000009265_3970619110724/Rendered/INDEX/multi_page.txt (14719 words)

	Communist Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Many new transport products with advanced technology have been produced including 6500-11500 tonnage sea-going ships, dredgers, train vans, buses, concrete mixers etc. and have been put into use.
		This has contributed to the rapid growth of the country’s engineering sector and to building a self-reliant and independent economy.
		Without this, the sector cannot undertake large-scale and complicated projects such as the Hai Van Tunnel and the My Thuan Bridge, nor produce modern engineering products such as 11,000 tonnage container trains nor pull-and-push trains.
	www.tapchicongsan.org.vn /show_content.pl?topic=14&ID=2085 (1650 words)

	Tin Tuc Viet Nam
		Addressing the opening meeting, NA Chairman Nguyen Van An said that this session would review the implementation of socio-economic tasks and state budget of 2002, decide socio-economic development orientation and state budget estimate for 2003 and approve the balance sheet of the 2001 state budget.
		Mr Nguyen Van An, a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam was elected as Vietnma's National Assembly chairman on the morning of June 27, 2001.
		The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai; Shigere Omi and San Tae Han, Director and Honorary Director of the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization, WHO; Director of the Western Pacific Region of the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, Mehr Kha; and the ambassadors of several countries to Viet Nam.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Subway/6541/tin_tuc_Viet_Nam.html (16490 words)

	Thanhnien News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Starting October 16, some 700 workers for the Hai Van Pass tunnel project in central Vietnam will receive four billion Vietnam dong in subsidies as the result of their strike last month.
		In late September, about 200 workers at the tunnel construction site went on strike over a pay dispute with the contractor Hazama-Cienco 6 Consortium to change their subsidies calculation methods.
		The tunnel, considered the country’s biggest North—South tunnel, began construction in late 2000 and is scheduled to open to traffic in early 2005.
	www.thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=3&newsid=2592 (300 words)

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