Executive Summary. -- Introduction. -- Long-distance Transportation in Vietnam. -- The Relationship Between Population Density and Profit Margin. -- Urbanisation in Vietnam. -- Railway Network in Southeast Asia.-- Connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh and Bangkok, and Hanoi to Kunming and Nanning. -- The South Section of Vietnam High-speed Railway and the Southern Economic Corridor. -- Conclusion

    The first plan to construct a High-Speed Railway (HSR) in Vietnam was rejected by the national assembly in 2010 due to its high cost. The government prepared an amended plan for the national assembly's approval again in May 2020. This paper analyses the profitability of the HSR project in Vietnam. Based on the estimated relationship between the population density of regions along the railways and the profit margin of railway companies in Japan, we find that passenger service alone would not make Vietnam's HSR profitable. The project should consider connectivity to suburban areas around highly populated cities and have a diversified business plan with 32 to 54 per cent of profits coming from non-transport sectors such as hotel, real estate, and retail. Moreover, we find that the HSR could be more profitable when it is extended to Phnom Penh and Bangkok as a part of the Southern Economic Corridor connecting Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand in the future


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    Title :

    Vietnam's high-speed railway and the profitability of "Shinkansen"




    Publication date :

    2020


    Size :

    1 Online-Ressource (17 pages)


    Remarks:

    illustrations, color portraits, color maps
    Campusweiter Zugriff (Universität Hannover) - Vervielfältigungen (z.B. Kopien, Downloads) sind nur von einzelnen Kapiteln oder Seiten und nur zum eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch erlaubt. Keine Weitergabe an Dritte. Kein systematisches Downloaden durch Robots.
    "September 2020."
    Includes bibliographical references


    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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