stf-14 appendix 8d viet nam

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Country report of Viet Nam14th Meeting of the GMS

Sub-regional Transport Forum2-3 December 2010

Presenter: Nguyen Van ThachMinistry of Transport

Background information on Existing railway

• Railway operates over 2,600route-km, comprising sevenmain lines and several branchlines.

• Network is all of single trackwith 1,000mm gauge (85.5%),

1,435 mm gauge and dual-gauge sections.

• VR has two divisions:Transport and Infrastructure

• VR is an independent SOEunder the government

The views expressed in this paper/presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or

policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does

not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their

use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.



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Issues• Lack of market orientation

• Low utilazation of assets

• Huge backlog ofinfrastructure maintenance

• Lack of modern businesstools

• Inadequatefinancial/performance

agreement between railwayand the government

Master plan up to 20201. Development of railway transport:

• Until 2020: Railway transportation should account for 13% in terms ofthe demand on passenger transport and 14% in terms of the demandon goods transport.

2. Infrastructure developmentUntil 2020: Completing the improvement and upgrading the existingrailway network to gain the standardized national railway Grade 1;

completing the linkage of railways with international ports such as CaiLan, Lach Huyen, Van Phong, Cai Mep - Thi Vai, and with industrialzones, mines and tourism areas; striving for the completion of Lao Cai- Hanoi - Hai Phong railway route and Hanoi - Dong Dang railwayroute; connecting with Singapore – Kunming Rail Link.

• For new construction, railways with the standardized gauge 1,435mmshould be prioritized The Hanoi - Lao Cai route, Hanoi - Hai Phongroute and Hanoi - Dong Dang route are to be constructed with thestandardized gauge 1.435 mm.



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Ha Noi – Lao Cai Railway UpgradingTotal length: 296 km,

Rehabilitation andupgrading of the section asfollows:

Replacement of superstructure, rehabilitation ofweak bridges, realignmentof some sections, set upsome new stations...

Financing: Co-financing $60M from ADB, $ 80Mfrom the Government ofFrance and $ 20M fromVietnamese Government

with the total cost of USD160 mil. Bidding forconstruction work is underpreparation.

Implementation period: 2010-2013.

Yen Vien – Cai Lan Railway Project

• 130 km long, dual-gaugetrack (1000 & 1435mm) ris under construction,with the total cost of

USD 400 mil.(VietnameseGovernment funding)and is expected to becomplete in 2013



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Di An – Loc Ninh ProjectLength: 129 km including 12

stations, from Hoa Lu to DiAn, its P.F/S has beencompleted. Double track,standard gauge,electrification.

- Railway connecting pointwith Cambodia at Hoa LuBorder Gate.

- First Phase: construction of

single track with 1.000mmgauge (embankmentstandard gauge) to connectwith North – South Railwayline.

- Estimated cost: USD 740Million

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