Vietnam considers $58.7-billion high-speed railway - govt
Vietnam is considering building a high-speed the railway that runs along the country’s length with a possible price tag of up to $58.7 billion, the government said on Sunday.
The Southeast Asian country’s transport ministry will next month submit a proposal to build the 1,545 km (960 miles) railway to the Politburo, the the powerful decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam, the government said in a news release.
Vietnam, a regional manufacturing hub, is ramping up its investment in transport infrastructure to support its fast-growing economy.
The first two sections with a combined length of 665 km (413 miles) and total investment of $24.72 billion would be open to traffic by 2032, and the government said, adding that the entire project would be completed by 2045-2050.
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