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Do I need a reservation? Can I stop off along the way? Can hop on and off?
Yes, yes, and no... All trains require a reservation, so you need a specific ticket/reservation for each individual train journey you make. If you want to travel from Saigon to Hanoi (or vice versa) stopping off on the way, this is not a problem, but you will need to book it as a series of separate journeys, with a separate ticket for each leg either bought in advance or bought as you go along. You cannot buy an open ticket and hop on and off trains without a reservation.
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