Riding on the Reunification Express: Part 1
The principal service run by Vietnam Railways, the state-owned operator of Vietnam’s passenger trains, is the North-South line connecting Hà Nội in the North, to Hồ Chí Minh City (HCMC) in the South. The line was built during the French colonial period, and construction of the line started more than 100 years ago ! As a result of heavy damage sustained during World War II, then the First Indochina War and the ensuing partition of the country into North and South states, train
