Keyword: "Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway"

Compared with other means of public passenger transport, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong electric trains have many outstanding advantages.

The number of passengers who use the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban metro line – the first of its kind in Vietnam – has been increasing since it was put into operation three years ago.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said each project is subject to supervision, and that while the duration of construction could be shortened, it should not be at the cost of quality.

Thirty trains and other related components of Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway have been completely assessed and obtained a certification for technical safety and environmental protection.

The Vietnam Register Authority under the Ministry of Transport announced it has completed the assessment and issued technical safety and environmental protection certification for 13 trains and other related components of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway, Hanoi’s long-delayed first metro project.

Vietnam will pay 95 percent of the value of the contract for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project when the project is completed, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong said at the Government’s regular press conference on June 2.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will allocate the funding for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project to its main contractor, in line with the signed Engineering-Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hosted a reception for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo in Hanoi on January 21.

The Ministry of Transport has hired French safety consultants to oversee the final stages of Hanoi's first metro project, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban elevated railway.

If the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway ever begins operations, 15-20 percent of drivers in Hanoi will switch to using the train, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will work on solutions, mechanisms, and policies to push forward the mobilisation of resources for transport infrastructure development in the second half of this year, said chief of the ministry’s office Nguyen Tri Duc.

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) has completed procedures to disburse an additional loan worth 250.6 million USD for Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project in Hanoi.

The test run of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, the first of its kind in Hanoi, has been delayed until September 2, 2018, after it missed a scheduled test in October.

The Government has told the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to put the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway into operation by the first quarter of 2018.

The first train of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway has been installed safely on the track, the Railway Projects Management Unit (under the Ministry of Transport) announced on February 21.

The Ministry of Transport held a ceremony to inaugurate the Trung Hoa and Thanh Xuan road tunnels, which cost a combined 1.64 trillion VND (73.1 million USD) on January 8.