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History of Vietnam Railways:
Up to now, railways network has made a rapid leap compared with the starting period in term of its scale and operation capacity. Vietnam Railway network consists of 7 main lines linking and passing through over 35 provinces and cities with difficult terrains.
With over 125 years of operation, Vietnam Railways has continually been developed and grown to become a State-owned corporation operating and maintaining all the infrastructure of the national railway network.
No 01 Nguyen Thong street - District 3 - Ho Chi Minh city
Milestones in VNR Development
- 1881 The first railway line in Vietnam and in Indochina with the length of 71 km between Saigon and My Tho was established
- 1898 "The railway network in Indochina and the railway line accessing into China" project was approved by the French Government and Parliament
- 1936 Completion of railway network in Vietnam with total length of 2600 km
- 1946 President Ho Chi Minh sent a letter to Vietnam Railways on 21 October praising the staff for their best services. Then the letter date is considered the Vietnam Railways Tradition Day.
- 1955 The Prime Minister promulgated a decision to establish General Railway Administration.
- 1976 After 36 years of separation, the rail line between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city was reunified connecting the North and the South of the country.
- 1990 The General Railway Administration was reformed to be the Vietnam Railway Union according to Decision No. 575/QD/TCCB-LD dated April 10, 1990 of Minister of Transport.
- 1999 The railway itineraries from the North to the South and vice versa were shortened from 58 hours (1988) to 32 hours (1999).
- 2000 The 2nd generation passenger cars were firstly manufactured by VNR. These cars have been supplied with new features and highly valued by the public.
- 2003 Establishment of Vietnam Railways Corporation based on the former Vietnam Railway Union under Decision No. 34/2003 QD-TTg dated March 4, 2003 of the Prime Minister
- 2005 The Law on Railways was approved by the National Assembly. It is the highest legal base for a sustainable development of VNR.
Nowaday, in the congress Party XI, Vietnam government has collected the ideas to invest most modern railways network trans-vietnam about US$ 10 billion for a session of 5 years. The dicission will be issued by the ends of the year 2013.
Ga Hanoi - Hanoi railways station at 120 Le Duan street, Hanoi
Vietnam Railway Map
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