A train loaded with auto parts and office equipment departed from the Henggang Railway Station in Nanchang, marking the launch of a freight service between Hanoi and Nanchang City in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi. The train service will become regular next year.
The total length of the route is more than 1,700km, passing through Pingxiang City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to Vietnam. The journey will take some five days, 15 days less than the original route by sea. The cost is only half that of road transport.
The new service is expected to promote economic and trade cooperation between landlocked Chinese provinces such as Jiangxi and Southeast Asia.
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