The Railway Transport Joint Stock Company will operate an additional 11 trains with 5,000 extra seats to meet the high travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays 2025.

HCM City’s Management Authority for Urban Railways has announced that the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line started trial run from early this month.

Vietnam Railway will launch a cargo transport platform on August 10 with an aim of creating favourable conditions for customers to select the railway transport services.

Eight more train trips will run on the North - South route for the Lunar New Year (Tet) occasion, providing an additional more than 4,000 seats to serve people’s travel demand during the year’s biggest traditional holiday.

Vietnam’s railway sector is set to put into service a pair of high-quality trains on the popular Hanoi-Da Nang route, catering to the growing demand from both domestic and international tourists.

Although an additional 56 more trains will be operated during the upcoming National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday, all tickets have been sold out so far.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) is planning adding many trains to popular tourist destinations to serve high travel demand during the National Day holiday, which will last from September 1 to 4.

Tickets of trains and flights to tourist hotspots around the country are almost fully booked for the upcoming long holidays.

Trains on the Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station metro line were put on a trial run at a maximum speed of 80 km per hour on December 6. The trains departed from the S1 Station (Nhon) and ran to S8 Station (Cau Giay district) and returned. The distance between the two stations is 8.5 km.

The sixth and seventh trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) with six carriages in total arrived in Khanh Hoi port of the city on July 13.

Singapore's public transport system has been ranked top in the world by US-based travel website Far & Wide, beating London in second place and Hong Kong in third place.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airlines to mobilise aircraft to take passengers out of the central city of Da Nang before 0:00am on July 28.

A total 152 trains have been suspended as travel demand plummets due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, leaving the railway sector facing losses of 90 billion VND (3.8 million USD) since the outbreak began, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The Vietnam Register (VR) announced that it had issued temporary registration certificates for 13 trains of the long-delayed Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project.

Hanoi’s Old Quarter Management Board has opened vault No 93 on Gam Cau street to create a walkway and public art space.

The new Ghenh Bridge across the Dong Nai River in the southern province of Dong Nai will open to traffic at midnight on June 26.

The Hanoi Railway Corporation put into operation two newly-built trains on January 26 in a bid to meet the high travel demand between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City during the upcoming Lunar New Year.

The public has suggested changing the design and colour of the overhead train prototype for the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project in Hanoi, the Railway Project Management Unit said.