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Vietnam to spend 21-billion on railway improvement

Vietnam has approved a plan to spend *21-billion dollars to expand and upgrade its rail network through to 2020, including more than eight Billion dollars in expected foreign investment.

An official at the state-owned Vietnam Railway Corporation says the plan will cut travel time between the country's two main cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, to less than 10 hours from the current 30 hours.

10/01/02 11:25:05 | ABC Radio Australia News

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