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Foreign enterprise joins Hanoi-Hai Phong railway project

Hanoi, April 13 (VNA) –The Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd (ITD) and the Importcorp company (IMP) will conduct a study on a 100-kilometre railway linking the capital of Hanoi and the port city of Hai Phong.

The announcement was made at a working session recently held between the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the two investors.

The 800 million-USD project, conducted under a public-private partnership, will include the creation of bond-houses, storage, infrastructure and facilities at Dinh Vu port, serving railway services.

In the first phase, a single-track railway with a standard gauge of 1.435m will be installed, with a double-track railway deployed in the next phases.

The project is expected to be implemented in the second quarter of 2017 and completed after 3 and a half years of construction.
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Cultures of the World Festival closes with celebration of global unity

Cultures of the World Festival closes with celebration of global unity

Held from October 10–12, the festival was of an unprecedented scale, featuring 48 countries and international organisations, 45 cultural spaces, 34 international culinary booths, 23 art troupes from Vietnam and abroad, 12 publishing and book exhibition units, and 22 countries joining the international film screenings. This made the largest cultural diplomacy event in Vietnam’s history.

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