They will have a total length of 2,362km.
Under the plan, the railway industry will renovate and upgrade existing railways, connect with international transport routes; prepare capital and resources to start construction on new routes, with priority given to North-South high-speed ones and those linking gateway seaports, international airports, and main railways in major cities.
Specifically, the sector will upgrade the seven existing routes with a total length of 2,440km.
The nine new railways include a 1,545km north-south high-speed route connecting Hanoi’s Ngoc Hoi station and HCM City’s Thu Thiem station, a 102km-long route connecting Hanoi and northern Hai Phong Port City, a 103km-long route connecting Vung Ang Port and the Mu Gia Pass along the Vietnam-Lao border, and an 84km-long route connecting southern Bien Hoa City of southern Đong Nai Province and southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
They also include a 174km-long route linking HCM City and Mekong Delta’s Can Tho City, a 128km-long route linking HCM City and Loc Ninh District of southern Binh Phuoc Province (from Di An railway station to the Hoa Lu border gate between Vietnam and Cambodia); and a 38km-long route from Thu Thiem Railway Station in HCM City to Long Thanh International Airport in southern Đong Nai Province.
The total capital needed for both upgrading and building railways will be around VNĐ240 trillion (US$10.5 billion).
By 2030, the volume of goods transported is expected to reach 11.8 million tonnes, accounting for about 0.27 percent of the market share, and the number of transported passengers will reach 460 million, accounting for a market share of about 4.40 percent.
In order to fulfill the targets, the decision also put forward key measures and policies, including building and issuing mechanisms to encourage, support and create favorable conditions for domestic and foreign individuals and organizations to invest in railway transport and transport logistics services; continuing to attract and effectively use ODA capital sources and preferential loans of international donors in railway projects; socialize investment in railway services and logistics; mobilize all economic sectors, including foreign investors, to invest in means of public transports and construction of facilities supporting transport activities such as goods storage.
Other measures include reducing environmental pollution caused by railway transport activities, particularly in treating wastewater and industrial waste; promoting human resources training; and expanding international cooperation to learn from other countries’ experience and science and technology in railway development.
According to vietnamnews.vn
