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Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Viengsavath Siphandone held a working session in Hanoi on July 14, during which they discussed transport cooperation plans between the two countries in 2022 and the following years.

The Vietnam Railway Project Management Board under the Ministry of Transport has submitted to the ministry a project with total investment of over 2.2 trillion VND (95.88 million USD) to improve railway connections between Vietnam's Lao Cai Station and China's North Hekou Station.

A construction package to upgrade weak bridges on the North-South railway route was launched on May 18 in the central province of Quang Tri by the Transport Ministry, the Railway Project Management Board and the contractors.

Binh Duong province is studying a project to build a railway route that would extend from the province to Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces to transport goods in the southern key economic region.

Urban railway system with its large capacity and convenience is an inevitable means of transport in a modern society.

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.

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 train line connecting Sa Pa town and the Mount Fansipan cable car station will be put into operation on March 31.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) is set to put six new passenger trains into operation on the North-South route on January 10, 2018, in an effort to improve service quality.

Hanoi authorities said construction progress is being speeded up so that the Hanoi Train Station-Nhon urban railway project (Route No. 3) will be completed in 2021.

A new railway route linking HCM City with Tuy Hoa (also called the City of Yellow Flowers) was launched by Saigon Railway Co. on July 19.

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.

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.

Hanoi has reaped great successes in socio-economic development during the country’s Renewal (Doi Moi) Process, becoming one of the leading cities of the nation.

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.