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DSVN (Duong Sat Viet Nam) runs an extensive system across the country with the most important route linking Hanoi with Ho-Chi-Minh (Saigon) some 1725km to the south. Various other lines head out of Hanoi to Haiphong (100km), two lines run to the Chinese border, northwest to Lao-Cai and northeast to Dong Dang. Another line runs to the tourist town of Halong (for the Halong Bay protected area).

These lines have a mix of gauges with 1000mm Narrow Gauge and 1435mm Standard Gauge. Some places and depots are dual gauged.

Railway enthusiasm is not really a concept that has yet been grasped in Vietnam and photography is rarely welcomed

Class 19E - 2035 (re-gauged to standard gauge) standing at Yen Vien shed on December 20, 2008 with the narrow gauge track visible in front of the loco

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