Goods transport between Vietnam, China using railways rises

• Nov 16, 2021

The volume of goods traded between Vietnam and China through the two border-gate railway stations of Lao Cai and Dong Dang was over 838,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2021, up by 43 per cent year on year (YoY), according to Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) statistics. The growth was attributed to coordination between Vietnamese and Chinese railways.

In the third quarter, although many provinces and cities were hit by the pandemic, thereby affecting the volume of domestic freight transported on the North-South railway route, the volume of goods transported by rail between Vietnam and China reached more than 258,000 tonnes, a rise of more than 57 per cent over the same period last year, a news agency reported.

Despite the pandemic, freight trains run normally between the two nations, and so the volume of international freight imported and exported through Dong Dang station reached more than 400,000 tonnes in the first ten months of this year.

The average volume of goods transported by railway between Vietnam and China is about 650,000 to 700,000 tonnes annually. During January-October this year, the station’s freight volume rose by 17 per cent YoY.

Vietnam Railways is working with Kunming Railways of China to raise the railway market share and handle about a million tonnes of import and export goods annually between the two sides through the Lao Cai station.

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