User:Dragfyre/Sandbox/History of rail transport in Vietnam
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Rail transport was introduced to Vietnam in the 1880s, on the initiative of the French administration of Indochina. The earliest project involving rail transport to be completed was the Saigon–Cholon tramway, established in 1881;[1] construction of the first regional rail project, linking Saigon and My Tho, began in the same year, to be completed soon afterwards in 1885.[2][3]
The Vietnamese railway network saw its greatest expansion during the appointment of Paul Doumer as Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897 to 1902; construction of several new lines began during that time, including the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway and the North–South Railway, which were completed in 1910 and in 1936, respectively.