The Dong Dang railway station of the northern border province of Lang Son witnessed a surge of 82 per cent in the volume of goods and 117 per cent in carriage frequency in the fourth quarter of the last year.
The exported items were primarily garments and textiles, ore, sulphur, chemicals and electronic items.
The railway sector is stepping up freight transportation to offset the current decline in passenger traffic, with a priority given to the Vietnam-China route, which will ship products to a third nation in Europe and Central Asia, a domestic news agency reported.
In the long term, the VNR will work to improve railway infrastructure and build new international railway stations in the central and southern regions to reduce congestion at border ones.
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