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International container train starts trial run

The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco) has successfully conducted a trial run of an international container train connecting China’s Guangzhou province and Hanoi’s Yen Vien town.
International container train starts trial run ảnh 1 The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco) has successfully conducted a trial run of an international container train connecting China’s Guangzhou province and Hanoi’s Yen Vien town.(Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – TheHanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Haraco) has successfully conducteda trial run of an international container train connecting China’s Guangzhou provinceand Hanoi’s Yen Vien town.

The project is an outcome of cooperation betweenHaraco and China Railway International Group Limited along with China’s Da ShunFa transport agents and Vietnam’s Trung Viet Company.

After the trial run, Haraco and the Chinesegroup agreed to sign trust and agency contracts in transporting goods betweenthe two countries and to the third countries.

Initially, there will be two return trains everytwo days. A train containing 20 carriages will travel a distance of about 1,000km in 30 hours.

Director General of Haraco Tran The Hung saidthe launch of the first international trains in the north opens up potential inexploring and increasing the market share of the railway transport sector, notonly cargos imported from China but also domestic export products.

The trains will mainly transport machines,equipment, and electronic goods of high economic values, he added.-VNA
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