Vietnam has seen the increase of trade with China balloon to $2.33 billion in bilateral trade, which is why a new railway is being planned to support the cargo movement.
A standard-gauge railway is planned that will be able to handle cargo trains at higher speeds of up to 200 km/h to ferry the goods from Vietnam's Hanoi and other main cities to and from China. Rail cargo between Vietnam and China over the past 10 months has grown by 58.6% to 607 000 tons. Experts say the rail lines could eventually connect Vietnam, China, Cambodia and Thailand to other lines to reach Europe with exports.