Vietnam North-South Railway to Open to Traffic in 2020

At the government’s February regular meeting, government members considered and discussed appraised results of the North-South hi-speed railway. The project has a total investment of US$55.853 billion which will be sourced from foreign aids, state budgets and private capital.

 

Of the sum, US$35 billion will be spent for infrastructure structure and the rest will be for site clearance, buying cars and railroads.

 

One of the most optimal technologies planned the route is Japanese Shinkansen. The railway is designed to allow trains to travel at 350 km per hour. The prioritised sections will be Hanoi-Vinh and Saigon-Nha Trang. The country plans to start building Vinh-Danang section by 2030 and finish it by 2035. It will take trains one hour and 24 minutes to run from Hanoi to vinh and one hour and 30 minutes from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang.