The Ho Chi Minh City–Cần Thơ express railway () is a proposed high speed railway in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. The line would begin in

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

, crossing provinces and municipalities of Ho Chi Minh City, Long An,

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Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long ɨn˨˩˦:lawŋ˧˧is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Geography Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 200,120 (as of 2018). The name was spelled 永隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the form ...

Cần Thơ Cần Thơ () is the List of cities in Vietnam, fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. It has ...

. The rail line would connect

Southeast Vietnam Đông Nam Bộ (literally "Southeast region") is a region in Southern Vietnam. This region includes one municipality, Ho Chi Minh City; and five provinces: Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Bình Phước and Tâ ...

and

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. The total proposed length would be .

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's MorFund Financial Inc. will contribute 6.3 billion Canadian dollars (US$5 billion) in this high-speed railway. The public-private partnership (PPP) has been formalized in a memorandum of understanding signed between MorFund Financial Inc. and

Phuong Nam Science and Technology Institute (PNSTI) Phuong, or High Katu, is a Katuic language (Mon-Khmer The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the ...

, which was in charge of the project. PNSTI said that the investment deal was the last legal step needed to a complete feasibility report on the project, which would be submitted to the

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, the head administrator and the lawmaking

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soon for endorsement. Construction on the high-speed rail is expected to start in late 2018 and promise a travel time of 45 minutes between

and

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. The PNSTI and Southern Transport Engineer Designing (TEDI South) has planned the project for five years with the proficient help from local specialists. The up-and-coming high-speed rail will run 139 kilometers from Tan Kien metro station in Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Cui port in Can Tho with stops in Long An,

Tien Giang Tien may refer to: *Tian, also known as Tien or T'ien, the Chinese religious idea of God or heaven *Tian (surname), also romanized as Tien *Tien (TV channel), a Dutch television channel *Tiền, currency used in Vietnam during the 19th and 20th cen ...

, and

Vinh Long Vinh () is the capital of Nghệ An province and an economic and cultural center of North-Central Vietnam. A key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the city is situated in the Southeast of ...

provinces. They are also planning to develop new urban areas. Each stop will have its own industrial park, residential neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and supermarkets. The passenger high-speed train will run 200 kilometers per hour and take approximately 45 minutes to venture to every part of the whole length of the course. As indicated by Prof. Dr. Tran Cong Hoang Quoc Trang, leader of PNSTI, the Canadian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has sworn to give proficient and specialized help to project development with its modern rail technologies expertise. At the moment the

region in Southern Vietnam is not associated with the nation's north–south railroad network which has its last station in Ho Chi Minh City. Traveling by road from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho takes roughly three and a half hours.

Stations

*Tân Kiên station *Bến Lức station *Tân An station *Trung Lương station *Cai Lậy station *Cái Bè station *Mỹ Thuận station *Vĩnh Long station *Bình Minh station *Cái Răng station

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