Responding to this issue, the Ministry of Transport said that according to the Railway Network Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, the existing Hanoi - Lang Son railway line is oriented to be renovated and upgraded for effective exploitation and a new 1435mm gauge railway line is built.
To implement the railway network planning, the Ministry of Transport has assigned the Vietnam Railway Authority to develop a detailed plan for the Hanoi - Lang Son railway, which will consider, analyze, and evaluate the plan to build a new Hanoi - Dong Dang railway line and the plan to renovate and upgrade the existing Hanoi - Lang Son railway line as proposed by voters, completing the detailed planning work in 2025 as a basis for implementing investment preparation work for railway lines on the Hanoi - Lang Son corridor.
