Development of Urban Railway in Vietnam: Current Status and Development Prospects

Economic development and transportation are also necessary to develop, in which, the railway is one of the critical transport infrastructures contributing to the country's socio-economic development. In the context that the national railway system is still backward, traffic congestion in big cities is increasingly severe, investment in renovating and upgrading existing railways and developing new railways, and urban railways to meet the transportation needs and serve the country's socio-economic development is very necessary. On the basis of analyzing the current situation of urban railways in Vietnam in the recent period, this study outlines the prospects for urban railway development and recommends policies to continue developing urban railways in the future.