Vietnam railway runs outdated

Vietnam’s railway system has been backward running compared to many countries with lots of things unchanged compared to a century ago.


A corner of Kep station in Lang Giang, Bac Giang province with old coaches and rails
A corner of Kep station in Lang Giang, Bac Giang province with old coaches and rails

Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper’s reporters have recently traveled along the country’s 1,735-kilometer-long railway and taken pictures of the outdated railway.

A railway crossing guard
Coaches on meter gauge railway
A merger meal of railway crossing guards
Workers repair Long Bien railway bridge
A worker renews a train coach with paint
30-year-old information system in trains
A railway staff pushes the barrier by hand
International visitors experience railway travel in Vietnam

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