Located on National Highway 18A with an investment capital of 198 billion VND, the Quang Ninh province welcome gate is considered the largest in Vietnam.
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Quang Ninh Province Welcome Gate is located in a cluster of rest stops, invested and built on an area of nearly 140 hectares on National Highway 18A, Binh Duong Commune, Dong Trieu Town, adjacent to Hai Duong Province. Construction started on February 28, 2015, the first main pillar of the welcome gate was assembled on May 5, 2016. According to the plan, the construction time is 6 months and the whole project is 2 years. |
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The investment capital for the welcome gate is up to 198 billion VND, out of a total of 368 billion VND for the entire welcome gate and rest stop project in Quang Ninh province. Of which, the provincial budget capital is about 10 billion VND for site clearance, socialized capital is 188 billion VND for the welcome gate project and other auxiliary works. The equity capital and other mobilized capital of Hoang Ha Group Joint Stock Company - the Investor, is 170 billion VND. The investments are made in the form of PPP (public-private partnership). |
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According to the design, the welcome gate consists of 8 main pillars with a height of 38-43m, each pillar weighs up to 105 tons, the width of the pillar base is from 50-60m, stretching 80m on National Highway 18A, creating the shape of overlapping mountain ranges like the rocky mountains on Ha Long Bay. |
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Interspersed between the main pillars are 36 differently designed side spokes, creating the shape of a dragon. |
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The base of the column is firmly reinforced with reinforced concrete, connected to the column legs with a 1.2m long bolt system. |
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Lightning rod installed on top of the gate. |
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The project has about thousands of tons of steel installed. |
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To construct the project, the contractor mobilized many cranes with a capacity of 100 to 450 tons... |
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A group of workers inside the crane's crates work at a height of tens of meters. |
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Perspective of the completed project. The Quang Ninh Provincial Welcome Gate and the rest stop complex were built at the gateway of this province to introduce and promote the province's potential and strengths. |
According to VNE