National Highway 18, Noi Bai - Bac Ninh section, may be upgraded to an expressway.

Deo Ca Group has just proposed the Ministry of Construction to study the investment project to upgrade and expand the Noi Bai - Bac Ninh section of National Highway 18 into an expressway under the public-private partnership (PPP) method.

This enterprise commits to ensuring funding for research and submitting the project to competent authorities for appraisal and approval, and at the same time expresses its desire to participate in bidding to become an investor to implement the project according to regulations.

According to the Road Network Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Government, the CT09 Noi Bai - Bac Ninh - Ha Long expressway will be invested before 2030 with a scale of 6 lanes. Of which, the Noi Bai - Bac Ninh section is about 30 km long, the Bac Ninh - Hai Duong section is 22 km long and the Hai Duong - Ha Long section is 94 km long.

National Highway 18 has a total length of 324 km, passing through Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh. The Noi Bai - Bac Ninh section is about 30 km long, currently has a scale of 4 lanes, invested since 2004. This is a vital route, connecting important highways in the Northern region such as Noi Bai - Lao Cai, Hanoi - Thai Nguyen, Hanoi - Bac Ninh - Bac Giang, as well as National Highways 1, National Highway 3 and major urban traffic axes in the Hanoi capital region such as Vo Van Kiet Street, Vo Nguyen Giap Street.