Transportation in Vietnam

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[edit] Railways

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

[edit] See also

[edit] Maps

[edit] Towns to be served by rail

  • Cost of the Ho Chi Minh-Loc Ninh railway at US$438mil.

[edit] Urban Railways

Ho Chi Minh City Metro - Advanced Planning Stage

[edit] Links

[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2007

  • September - a 128-km line with 12 stations is planned to start from the junction of the north-south railway at Di An Station and link to Loc Ninh township of Binh Phuoc, which borders Cambodia. [1]. Several maps already show this line.
  • Vietnam Railways has awarded a VN$150 billion ($US9.5 million) five-year contract to Japan Transportation Consultants, the Pacific Consultants International Group, and the Japan Railway Technical Service (Jarts) to provide consultancy services for a VN$2.47 trillion project to improve bridge and railway safety on the Ha Noi-Ho Chi Minh City main line. Under the project, 44 bridges and 37.6km of railway will be refurbished, two railway bridges and a station at Ninh Binh will be built, and 23 track machines bought. The project is expected to be completed in 2010.

[edit] Highways

they use scooters

[edit] Pipelines

In April 1995, a 125-kilometer natural gas pipeline connecting Bach Ho with a power plant near Vung Tau went into operation. With the subsequent addition of compressors, the volume pumped rose to more than 1 billion cubic meters per year. In 2005 a 399-kilometer underwater pipeline, the world’s longest, began to carry natural gas onshore from the Nam Con Son basin. The pipeline’s anticipated capacity is 2 billion cubic meters per year, while the basin has an estimated 59 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves.[2]

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 133 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 616,115 GRT/941,611 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)

ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 103, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, container 1, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 4 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

Vietnam operates 17 major civil airports, including three international gateways: Noi Bai serving Hanoi, Danang serving Danang City, and Tan Son Nhat serving Ho Chi Minh City. Tan Son Nhat is the largest, handling 75 percent of international passenger traffic. Vietnam Airlines, the national airline, has a fleet of 30 aircraft that link Vietnam with 19 foreign cities. In 2004 Vietnam Airlines had 5 million passengers, up 25 percent from the prior year, and management expects the number of passengers to reach 12 million by 2010. In November 2004, Vietnam Airlines announced that it would purchase 10 Airbus A310–200 aircraft and continue negotiations for four Boeing 7E7 “Dreamliner” aircraft. Vietnam Airlines’ goal is to expand its fleet to 73 aircraft by 2010. Beginning in 2006, Vietnam Airlines will cooperate with American Airlines in international flights under a codeshare agreement. Vietnam Airlines’ code will apply to American Airlines flights from the United States to Vietnam, Japan, and Europe. American Airlines’ code will apply to Vietnam Airlines flights from Vietnam to Japan and Europe.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vietnam - Railpage Australia™ Forums (East and South East Asia)
  2. ^ a b http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Vietnam.pdf (public domain)

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.