Int’l capital needed for north-south expressway projectDeputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong has pledged to create optimal conditions for calling international investment capital in the eastern North-South expressway. The Ministry of Transport and the World Bank co-hosted a seminar in Hanoi on April 26 to acquire experts’ experience in public-private partnership (PPP) model before launching the project. According to the Transport Ministry, one of the major challenges to infrastructure in general and transport infrastructure in particular is limited investment resource. In many countries, the PPP model is a tool to improve the efficiency of public services and ease financial pressure on governments. According to the Resolution 52 dated November 22, 2017 of the National Assembly, the eastern North-South expressway project began in 2017 and will be basically completed in 2021.