New freight train service links eastern Chinese city and Vietnam - marks new trade route between two countries


NANJING, Aug 1 (Xinhua): A freight train left the city of Xuzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province on Friday (July 29) for Vietnam's Hanoi, marking the launch of a new freight train route between China and Vietnam.

The freight train, loading 72 TEUs of glass bottles, plastic products, and maternal and childcare facilities, is expected to arrive in Hanoi within seven days after a journey of about 2,985 km, nearly half the time of traditional waterway transportation.

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