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New page for Vietnam – Russia rail transport

According to Sputniknews, freight transport by rail between Vietnam and Russia is turning a new page to once again take the top place given the emerging geopolitical context in recent years.
New page for Vietnam – Russia rail transport ảnh 1At the Hanoi railway station (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - According to Sputniknews, freighttransport by rail between Vietnam and Russia is turning a new page to once again take the top place given the emerging geopolitical context inrecent years.

Since 2018, the Russian Railways (RZD) Logistics hascooperated with Vietnamese logistics operator Ratraco to run freight servicesalong the countries’ two-way road transport corridor.

This year, another Russian leading firm in Asia-Europe rail logisticsTransContainer has also formed linkages for operating a transport corridor.

Nikita Pushkarev, TransContainer's director of sales andafter-sales service, said that in the first phase of the operation, items suchas tea, coffee, spices, shoes and clothing will be shipped from Hanoi throughChina to Russia for sale in the Russian retail network.

Compared to the sea route, the rail corridor offers deliveries in 5-8 days faster at optimal costs, he noted.

In addition, the shipments are handled within the frameworkof a unified legal regime, because Vietnam, China and Russia are members of aninternational rail freight agreement, said Pushkarev.

He unveiled that at least twocontainer trains are expected to run on the route per month, while parties involved are studying solutionsto regularly bring Russian export shipments of grain, timber, and non-dangerouschemicals to Vietnam./.      
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