Maxfield Brown, a representative of Dezan Shira & Associates, has said it is time for foreign investors to pour capital into infrastructure in Vietnam.
The first 2019 meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) and the third meeting of the Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI) took place in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 25-26.
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 Vietnam Railways (VNR) is aiming for 8 percent growth for 2019, with a revenue rise of at least seven percent despite the fierce competition of low-cost airlines and a wide network of highway.
Vietnam Railway (VNR) aims to accelerate its growth to a rate of 8 percent in 2019 after suffering depression from 2015 to 2017.
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) will remove hundreds of below-standard level crossings countrywide to improve rail travel and reduce accidents.
Vietnam Railways (VNR) has targeted a revenue growth of over eight percent on last year’s figure of 8.17 trillion VND, said Vu Anh Minh, the corporation’s chairman.
Hanoi’s leaders had a working session with visiting Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Hiroshige Seko on September 14.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed his hope that Indian businesses will increase their presence in Vietnam in fields of India’s strengths and Vietnam’s demand.
The National Assembly passed the draft revised Law on Railway with 80.86 percent of votes during the June 16 working session of its ongoing third sitting.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 15 issued a decree on pushing forward the construction of a railway linking Thailand and China, according to Thailand’s Royal Gazette.
The decline of the railway’s popularity in Vietnam is not new: back in 2010, the European Union labelled rail transport as the country’s “least relevant” mode of transport.
Infrastructure development cannot meet demand if management capacity is poor, stated Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a Ministry of Construction’s conference on January 6 to launch its 2017 tasks.
The country has equitised 52 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the past 11 months, the Steering Board for SOEs Renovation and Development has said.
Major problems of Vietnam’s railway sector will be resolved if a double-track railway is developed on the route from the north to the south of the country, experts said on November 15.
Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong attended an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation workshop on attracting private investment in road and railway transport infrastructure in Mexico on July 20.
The Ministry of Transport and the KOICA in Vietnam signed a record of discussion on the project for development experience exchange partnership in the transport sector in Hanoi on June 14.
