At a meeting in Hanoi on July 6, Deputy Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khoi asked the Department of Construction to quickly establish a working group in charge of bidding with representatives from relevant departments and agencies.

Covering an area of 17 hectares, the project is divided into two phases at an estimated cost of US$159 million, with 500 beds in the first phase to be ready in three years. The second phase will start in 2015.