Vietnam Railways has a length of about 2.6 thousand km., with a gauge of 1000 and 1435, served the state enterprise "Vietnam Railways".

The most dense network of railways connects north and south along the coast (most trains depart twice a week) with a separate branch in Beijing. Trains in  Vietnam moving slowly, with frequent stops, but compared with the buses are more spacious and safe.

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 http://www.vr.com.vn/english/index.html

 http://www.vietnamrailways.net/Home.aspx

 http://www.gahanoi.com.vn/TrainTimetn.aspx

 Passenger trains in Vietnam divided into 2 categories: SE-trains and TN-trains.

SE trains do not stop at small stations. The main route - it's Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon station). The fastest train takes between 29 hours. At selected sites, Trains Superior Ho Chi Minh City-Nha Trang with a stop in Phan Thiet and Hanoi-Danang with stops at Hue. In the northern part of Vietnam, there are routes Hanoi-Sapa (Kunming line in China), Hanoi, Halong, Hanoi-Haiphong and Hanoi-Lang Son. Between Vietnam and China attend two passenger trains: Hanoi-Beijing and Hanoi-Nanning  through the border crossing at Dong Dang, Lang Son Province.

Railways of Vietnam and Cambodia are not connected.

Compartment in the sleeping cars are 4-bed (2 levels) and 6-seater (3 tiers).

In November 2008 the Government of Vietnam adopted a major program of modernization of railways.

The route map of railways in Vietnam can be viewed on our forum: