Vietnam opens new rail freight link to Belgium on China-Europe line

26 Jul '21

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Vietnam Railways (VNR) has added a new rail freight link from Vietnam to Belgium, with the first train departing from Yen Vien station in Hanoi on July 20 and expected to arrive at Liege City in Belgium. Lorries will then carry the containers to Rotterdam city in The Netherlands. The train carried 23 containers with goods like textile, leather and footwear.

The estimated time for the journey is 25 to 27 days. The train will stop at Zhenzhou city of China’s Henan province and connect to the Asia-Europe train to reach its destination.

This is the first container freight train operated by the Rail Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (RATRACO) in conjunction with transport firms from other countries providing logistics services to customers from Vietnam to target destination.

Currently, VNR is providing freight train services between Vietnam and China and transiting to Russia, Europe, ASEAN and Central Asian countries. The firm provides full logistics services to customers, according to a news agency report.

It is expected that the second train will depart from Yen Vien station on July 27 carrying electronic products and the third one on August 3.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)

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