[sustran] Vietnam to Embrace Japan's Bullet Train Technology

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news62014.html?WT.mc_id=DN_News

State-owned Vietnam Railways has announced that it will use Japan's 
bullet train technology on its planned $56bn Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City rail 
line.

The country may seek funds for the project from Japan's official 
development assistance programme as well as from the Asia Development 
Bank and World Bank.

The work on the 1,560km high-speed rail line is expected to start by 2020.

The announcement caused a sudden jump in Japanese train-car maker shares 
with Kawasaki Heavy Industries' shares rising by 6.1%, Nippon Sharyo's 
shares rising by 5% and Kinki Sharyo's shares rising by 6.6% at the 
Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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So what else is planned? Just lots of parking for motorbikes at the 
stations?

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