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Vietnam’s railways, established under French colonial rule and completed in 1936, have faced a century of poor maintenance, conflict, and accidents. Accounting for 2% of the country’s annual deaths, railway safety remains a major concern. During the Vietnam War, the network became a vital supply route but also a prime target for US bombing, with engineers working tirelessly to keep it operational despite repeated destruction.
Stretching from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, the railway reflects the country’s turbulent history. It remains essential today, supporting industries, transporting market goods, and serving as a critical north-south connection, though still in need of upgrades. Amidst the challenges, these resilient trains continue to play a vital role in both Vietnam’s economy and daily life.
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Stretching from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, the railway reflects the country’s turbulent history. It remains essential today, supporting industries, transporting market goods, and serving as a critical north-south connection, though still in need of upgrades. Amidst the challenges, these resilient trains continue to play a vital role in both Vietnam’s economy and daily life. We are traveling with Zay Harding.
Great documentary 👍
Getting boring now everyone and there fckn grandmas been here ffs
VN is great
I live within walking distance to the southern terminus of the Reunification Express which is in District 3 of Saigon. This is a pretty cool video.
How angry they were? They jus t pushed helicopter into the river
Interesting documentary but don't you think you should have mentioned it is a communist dictatorship, they have no freedom personal or political.
Why do they honk their horns so much over there?
Nice informative documentary,@9:55 we have a worker, who thoroughly enjoys his job
I guess he found a seat! 😂
Ah yes, back when D8E locomotive (or even the Dong Dang line) was still running. Using D8E (the white streamlined one) meant that they weren't actually running standard gauge, plus there's no standard gauge connection to Hanoi Station anyway (for now) as Gia Lam station (in Northeast Hanoi) is the farthest the standard gauge goes (for now).
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Ive done Hanoi to HMC – really, it's boring. I did it on Christmas Eve so we sang songs and drank but all and all it was a boring ride. I paid $18 for a "first class" ticket. That just meant I shared a room with tree other people instead of 7 other people. We all had the same bathroom and accommodations (none) – oh, the bathroom was a hole in the train floor 😢😅😮
HBY?
18:30 – they're eating the cats!
The egg is a 90 day egg, called an owee-globe. The Vietnamese bury eggs in the ground for 90 days and yes it is a delicacy. My brother tried one when he served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam in the mid '60s.
Great documentary 💯
Amezing
It's always SAIGON to me. Only commies & outsiders (bc they don't know the history) call it HCMC. The airport code is still SGN to this day, Oct 27, 2024.
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More like a Vietnam War documentary and what the Americans destroyed, instead of a train ride. So much about the railway and train services there was not even touched on.
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The American War devastated Vietnam ……. Great to see the recovery
I am a Vietnamese living in Hanoi. The video recorded for a long time years ago. Now Vietnam has change a lot. Thank you for sharing my country to the world.
The trains are still Vietnam war era in (2025) and is a glaring testament of how horribly Vietnam has failed to upgrade its train lines and trains. It’s a national embarrassment and don’t buy into there being some sort of charm to it.
They haven’t and won’t even bother to buy used train cars from Japan or China and put them into use for the people.
Why you may ask?
Because if you have an efficient cross country transportation system people might connect with one another and in a communist dictatorship you can’t have people getting on the same page and sharing thoughts and ideas nationally.
The train lines should have been massively updated decades ago. You truly have to ask yourself why this continues to remain stagnant. It isn’t a question of money as Vietnams economy is the best in all of Southeast Asia and this includes China.
There are “reasons” critical segments of Vietnams progress will always be blocked.
Nice documentary👌
I think Viet Nam also has some gorgeous women— I met one t at Ohio State Unuversity—WOW!
I'm Vietnamese. I am grateful for you for displaying my country and my people to the world. But my hometown is developing well now, maybe this video is old. Please come back again for the renewal. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful film to know little about the past history of Vietnam during the travel experience from train. Great job 🇻🇳🚇
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Looks like this footage was filmed a long time ago.
This documentary has been taken 10 years ago. Today the train has a lot more modern and good service. And VN is planning to build a 350 kmh high speed train in about 10 years from now.
Watching these documentaries can make you hate America. Every war they're involved in. America has destabilized so many countries. Wow!
There was no Vietnam War. Only a French War. And, an American War. Both won by the Vietnamese….
Dont believe all that you see here people…my wife is from the north I just got back, for example he never mentions the war with China, nor visited the war memorials celebration their victory over China and then the French at all, this is such a narrative machine that is not historically correct people and what twit wouldnt bring ear plugs on noisy trains and then complain about the culture…meh
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