CHINA marked the completion of a key international rail project in its southern Yunnan province on December 1 with the opening of a 142km line from Mengzi to Hekou on the border with Vietnam.
THE Management Authority for Urban Railways (Maur) in Ho Chi Minh City has awarded a contract to the Shimizu Maeda Joint Operation, Japan, to construct a section of the city's first metro line.
VIETNAM Railway Administration has submitted a draft proposal to the Ministry of Transport for the construction of a 38.4km standard-gauge suburban line serving western districts of Hanoi.
CONSTRUCTION is expected to begin this month of a 220km railway in southern Laos from Savannakhet on the Thai border to Lao Bao on the border with Vietnam following a groundbreaking ceremony on December 18.
THE Peoples Committee of Ho Chi Minh City signed a contract with Hitachi on June 11 for Metro Line 1 Package 3, which covers electrical and mechanical works, trackwork, and rolling stock for the first phase of the city's metro network.
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed to provide a $US 260m loan to support the construction of Ho Chi Minh City metro Line 5.
CONSTRUCTION commenced yesterday on the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City following a groundbreaking ceremony attended by around 400 people.
WORKERS laid the final section of track on August 14 on a new Yuan 4.5bn ($US 706m) line in southwest China which will eventually provide a second standard-gauge connection to Vietnam.
Vietnam is pushing ahead with the construction of its first urban rail projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The latest technology will be used representing a step-change in railway development for the country as Dr-Eng Akira Hosomi, chief representative in Vietnam with Japan International Consultants for Transportation (JIC), explains.
