Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

HCMC – HCMC authorities are seeking approval from the Ministry of Transport to extend the route of the tramway No.1 project to Binh Thanh District’s Tan Cang area instead of having it end at Ben Thanh Market as planned earlier.

The local Newswire Saigon Giai Phong on November 14 said that the Ministry of Transport worked with the People’s Committee of the southern province of Can Tho to map out a plan to build HCM City-Can Tho high-speed railway.

DANANG – Vietnam Railways on Wednesday organized an inauguration ceremony for ten railway bridges that have been upgraded under the construction package No. 2 of the Hanoi-HCMC Railway Line Bridges Safety Improvement Project.

In a meeting with HCM City leaders and around 20 French companies on late April 5, Richard Fostier, Chair of Colas Rail Co said that the firm is implementing many railway projects in France and paying much attention to HCM City's metro project.

Vietnam will focus on improving transportation infrastructure as high-speed rail construction is beyond the country's competence, said the newly-elected Transport minister Dinh La Thang.

HANOI — A long-delayed metro rail line for the traffic-clogged Vietnamese capital is now scheduled to start service by the end of 2016, the French embassy said Thursday.

HANOI — A metro rail line in Vietnam's congested business hub of Ho Chi Minh City came a step closer Tuesday with financing of 540 million dollars from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has approved the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s proposal on negotiating with the Asian Development Bank on agreements and related documents for a project to build the second metro route in Ho Chi Minh City.

A Vital part fell into place at the weekend of the rail network that will in five years enable people to take trains from Singapore to Scotland.

But if you want to see the coastline and spend time with Vietnamese travelers, it is a favorite mode of transportation for them.

Although a plan to build a north-south high-speed railway connecting Hanoi and HCM City in Vietnam has hit a snag following an unusual move by the communist state's legislature not to approve it for further study, the head of the railway is calling for continued support from Japan.

Exposing a growing rift in Vietnam's one-party regime, the communist-controlled National Assembly has rejected the government's $56 billion plan to develop a high speed north-south railway.

HANOI — The Reunification train sits baking on the Hanoi platform as passengers settle in to hard wooden seats next to open windows.

Japan is keen to export its special products and technologies like the bullet train, but Japanese officials have more than a few concerns about the feasibility of Vietnam’s ambitious north-south express railway.

Vietnam Railway Administration has announced to re-launch a tender to find a new contractor for the 3rd bidding package of Yen Vien-Cai Lan railway project after canceling the bidding result of South Korea's LS Industrial Systems Company Ltd