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Vietnam Estimates Cost of New Railway Link With China at $7.2 Billion

October 16, 2024, 10.44 PM | Source: Reuters

ILUSTRASI. Passengers walk past a bullet train at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, Shandong province, China December 27, 2017. Picture taken December 27, 2017. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS - HANOI. Vietnam has estimated the cost of building a new railway linking it with China's Yunnan province at 179 trillion dong ($7.2 billion), state media reported on Wednesday.

The 427-km (265-mile) railway would run from the border province of Lao Cai through the capital Hanoi and port city of Haiphong to Ha Long City, the official Vietnam News Agency reported.

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