Railway goods transport between Vietnam, China surges
The total volume of goods traded between Vietnam and China going through the two border-gate railway stations of Lao Cai and Dong Dang reached more than 838,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2021, up 43 percent year-on-year, according to statistics of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).
Hanoi (VNA) – The total volume of goods traded between Vietnam and China going through the two border-gate railway stations of Lao Cai and Dong Dang reached morethan 838,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2021, up 43 percentyear-on-year, according to statistics of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).
In the third quarter, although the COVID-19 pandemic brokeout in many provinces and cities, affecting the volume of domestic freight transportedon the North - South railway route, the volume of goods transported by rail between Vietnam and China reachedmore than 258,000 tonnes, a rise of more than 57 percent against that of thesame period in 2020.
Pham Duc Khai, head of Dong Dang Railway Station in the northern border province of Lang Son,said that despite the complicated situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, freighttrains run normally between Vietnam and China, so the volume of international freight imported and exported through Dong Dang station reached more than400,000 tonnes in the first ten months of 2021.
Dieu Khac Minh, an official at Lao Cai station in the northern border province of Lao Cai, stated that the average volume of goods transported by railway between Vietnam and China isabout 650,000 to 700,000 tonnes each year.
During January-October this year, the station’s freightvolume rose by 17 percent year-on-year.
The growth was attributed to close coordination between Vietnameseand Chinese railways, Minh stressed.
Vietnam Railways is working with Kunming Railwaysof China in order to increase the railway market share, and handle about 1million tonnes of import and export goods a year between the two sides through Lao Cai station.
Nguyen Hoang Thanh, Deputy General Director of RailwayTransport and Trading Joint Stock Company (Ratraco), stressed the need to investin infrastructure in order to achieve good growth in international railway goods transport./.
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