The East Link is put on emergency brakes – risking becoming "tens of billions" more expensive

The Swedish Transport Administration's construction of the Ostlänken railway

According to Conclusion No. 49 of 2023 of the Politburo, in the next decade, we will build and basically complete the high-speed railway line on the North-South axis, a number of inter-regional railway lines and the urban railway system in the two megacities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. To achieve this goal, the investment capital can reach 120-150 billion USD. Of which, the part for urban railway development of the two cities accounts for abo…