Several derailments have been recorded on the North-South railway route recently. Has the rail sector found the causes of these incidents and devised solutions to minimise them?
A project to upgrade weak bridges and reinforce bridge pillars on the railway route connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will help increase their capacities and ensure safety for trains and passenger
The Dong Nai province Supreme People’s Procuracy on March 30 approved a decision to start criminal proceedings against two men involved in the recent collapse of Ghenh Bridge across Dong Nai River.
Works on the repair of the Ghenh bridge across the Dong Nai River in the southern province of Dong Nai will begin on April 1 and is expected to be completed on July 15.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principle the allocation of 298.5 billion VND (nearly 13 million USD) from the 2016 State budget for the urgent repair of the Ghenh bridge.
Police in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 21 detained Phan The Thuong, owner of the towboat with registered number plate of SG 3745, which caused the collapse of Ghenh bridge.
The Ministry of Transport on March 20 set up a special working group led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong to deal with the collapse of Ghenh bridge, a key bridge on the North-South railway line.
The Ghenh bridge across Dong Nai River in the southern province of Dong Nai collapsed at noon on March 20 after a barge crashed into its pillar, making many people falling into the river.
The upgrades to 44 bridges on the North-South railway route have been completed 8 months ahead of schedule, according to the Railway Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport.
The Vietnam Railways Company and the Vietnam Post Company officially introduced an exclusive parcel carrier service on its North-South railway route at the Hanoi Railway Station in Hanoi on July 31.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue will set aside over 36 trillion
VND (1.71 billion USD) for transport infrastructure between now and
2020, targeting to handle 15 million tonnes of cargo and serve 24
million passengers.
Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNRC) Deputy Director Doan Duy Hoach
recently spoke with the Lao dong (Labour) Newspaper about plans to
restructure the railway sector.
The Government has decided to spend 20 billion VND (1.05million USD) in advance
to urgently upgrade the railway sector connecting the two provinces of Binh Dinh
and Khanh Hoa, which was damaged by the tropical storm Mirinae.
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