Vietnam's Bullet Train Dream
The idea of having a super-fast train that would reducing travel time between Hanoi and Ho Chi
Minh City from 30 hours to six has inspired Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his lieutenant, Minister for Transport Ho Nghia Dung, to push through an agreement with the Japanese even as intense debate was still going ahead in the National Assembly.
The governm…
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