From seemingly insurmountable difficulties...
During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the railway industry encountered countless seemingly insurmountable difficulties. In 2020, Vietnam Railway Corporation lost more than 1,300 billion VND, in 2021 it lost 654 billion VND and in 2022 it lost 111 billion VND. The railway industry also has to struggle to gain market share with other types of transport.
In early 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and attended the Summary Conference of Vietnam Railway Corporation.
At the conference, the Prime Minister requested that Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) need to further renew and restructure its apparatus and people to streamline and effectively develop more, and at the same time soon form a railway. high speed as proposed by the Politburo resolution.
The Prime Minister frankly shared that the railway industry has not developed commensurate with the industry's wishes and history. He said that he went directly to Hanoi station to "see what's new" and listened to the opinions of workers and passengers. price and recommendations that the Railway Corporation needs to manage appropriately, finding ways to effectively exploit available resources, especially human resources.
... to reach record sales
The Prime Minister's visit of encouragement is a great source of encouragement for the railway industry to steadily move forward. The figures of the railway industry from the beginning of the year until now are clear evidence of this.
In the first 6 months of 2024 alone, Vietnam Railway Corporation achieved output of 4,778.5 billion VND and revenue of 4,506.3 billion VND. Compared with the same period in 2023, the two indexes reached 111.5% and 110.1%, respectively.
Mr. Tran Anh Tuan - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Railway Corporation - said that from the beginning of the year until now, the whole industry has had 4 major events: Opening of the train "Connecting Central Heritage", train "Connecting the heritage of the Central region", train " Da Lat night journey", high quality train SE21/22 Saigon - Da Nang and the first freight train from Cao Xa Station (Hai Duong) participating in the international intermodal journey.
Some bright spots of the Vietnam Railway industry were pointed out by Mr. Tran Anh Tuan, such as Da Nang Station being in the Top 3 most crowded stations with an average of 6,000 people getting on and off each day, the number of passengers doubled compared to the same period last year. last. Da Lat Station in the first 6 months of the year had revenue of 10 billion VND, the number of passengers up and down doubled over the same period. Meanwhile, intermodal cargo in the first 6 months of the year increased by 55%. In addition, the labor environment and workers' income in the first half of 2024 will improve significantly.
The railway industry has made many innovations in management, focusing on improving service quality such as investing and upgrading Cao Xa station with a total area of 5,600m2; Repairing train waiting rooms, logistics rooms, working rooms, platforms and auxiliary works with an area of 743m2... After completion, Cao Xa station will become one of two international intermodal stations in the Northern region. From here, import and export goods of businesses are directly connected to Chinese railways and railways of countries located on the Asia-Europe railway transport route.
The railway industry has made efforts to turn old train cars into "mobile hotels" to serve the travel needs of customers. The interior of the train from the beds, carriages, and toilets has been completely redone. The "Central Heritage Connection" train is equipped with air-conditioned soft seats, placed next to windows to facilitate visitors to admire the scenery along the railway line, considered the most beautiful in Vietnam connecting Hue - Da Nang.
On this train, a group of artists performed the versions of Nam Binh, Phu Luc, Co Ban... The carriage was also decorated in the style of ancient royal traditions, and there was a culinary carriage, with a series of delicious Hue dishes. such as banh it, pork rolls, Hue spring rolls... It is forecast that in the last months of 2024, the railway industry will face many difficulties. However, with new thinking and accumulated experience, the railway industry expects to achieve even more impressive results.
