Mai Linh-Cai Be Roadside Station opened

Mai Linh Corp. on Wednesday inaugurated its roadside station on National Road 1A’s section passing Cai Be District in the Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province.
The two-story facility worth over VND30 billion and covering four hectares includes a 1,000-seat restaurant, a rest-room section, a gas filling station and a free car washing area.
Other facilities including a car maintenance workshop, ATMs and an ecological area will be added to the station later on.
The facility is set up not only to serve passengers taking Mai Linh Express transport service but also for any travelers who want to take a break there any time as long as they like.
Passers-by can refresh themselves with food and beverage available at the restaurant and other specialties of the Mekong Delta right there.
The station has served about 3,000 guests daily since its trial run in April this year.
Mai Linh-Cai Be Roadside Station is the third of its kind being operational and one of the 106 of its kind with a combined investment of US$192 million from the corporation to be opened along National Road 1A and Ho Chi Minh Road in the future.
The corporation in this year will finish the construction work of three roadside stations of Lao Bao, Dong Hoi and Ky Anh in the provinces of Lam Dong, Quang Binh, and Ha Tinh respectively. Ca Na Station in Ninh Thuan Province was opened last month.
Mai Linh Corp. is planning to complete 53 such facilities along national roads nationwide and at border gates in northern and central regions, one in Laos and another in Cambodia from now to 2012. The remaining 53 stations will be done in 2012-2015.