Vietnam to Approve National High Speed Rail Link

• 27 March 2019
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Sample photo by NWC Vietnam Consulting railway

Final plans for a US$56bn high-speed rail link between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh are expected to be approved by the Vietnamese National Assembly in 2019.

The 1,137km-long high-speed link would reduce travel time between the two cities from 30 hours to five and a half.

The project was rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, on the basis that US$56bn was too expensive as equivalent to 45% of Vietnam’s GDP.

A feasibility study by the government of Japan in 2016 showed the line was now economically viable. The route would open in stages starting with a 280km link between Hanoi and Vinh as well as a 360km portion connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang in 2030.

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