The Hanoi Railway Transport JSC on July 16 announced that it is transporting the first containers of farm produce from Song Than station in the southern province of Binh Duong to Dong Dang station in the northern border province of Lang Son for transshipment to China.

A railway station in the northern province of Bac Giang will offer international freight transportation services from February 18, as all material and procedure preparations have been done, according to the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).

VOV.VN - As many as 1,611 vehicles carrying goods have been cleared to pass through Lang Son border gates since China moved to reopen its border on January 8.

International railway freight transport between Vietnam and Europe along the route through China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany and Western European countries is likely to be affected if railways from Poland to Belarus stop operation.

VOV.VN - Rail Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (Ratraco) has announced that a new rail freight linking Da Nang to Europe is expected to be launched in early March.

International railway freight transport service posted positive growth last year and in January, according to the Vietnam Railway Corporation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 10 approved the investment plan of the Dong Dang-Tra Linh expressway under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

VOV.VN - A special train has been organised to take 56 Chinese experts from Dong Dang railway station in Lang Son province to Dung Quat industrial park in Quang Ngai, with a range of strict novel coronavirus prevention and control measures being applied.