North-South railway

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North-South railway: How high should the speed be?

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested agencies to assess the feasibility, capital arrangement methods, and expected economic efficiency of the planned North-South high-speed railway.

The financial issues clouding ambitious North-South railway

The North-South high-speed railway line is a large-scale project with a total investment of around $58.7 billion which could facilitate not only cargo transport at an operational speed of up to 200km/h but also reduce travel time

Train crashes into truck in central Vietnam, killing 2

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people have died and ten others injured after a passenger train crashed into a truck in the central province of Thanh Hoa early Thursday morning.

Rail transport revenue failed to reach target

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s struggling rail transport sector continues to falter, with output and revenues of Viet Nam Railways (VNR) declining considerably, falling short of set targets.

North-south railway mulled again

The Ministry of Transport is dusting off three feasibility studies it received three years ago for a high-speed north - south rail following the Government’s approval of a railway development strategy last year.

Da Nang told to accelerate transport plans

The message at the Ministry of Transport's meeting yesterday in Da Nang was clear - ministries, agencies, investors and city authorities need to speed up work on the international airport construction and the railway station demolition.

$10 billion needed to speed north-south railway

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Railway Administration has asked the Ministry of Transport’s appraisal and approval of a $10 billion plan to modernize the North-South railway.

Minister rejects one-meter gauge railway proposal

 VietNamNet Bridge - Minister Dinh La Thang said that the ministry does not approve of the Vietnam Railway Corporation’s proposal to build a trans-Vietnam one-meter gauge railway, saying that the suggestion was "not new and inappropriate."