April 13, 2026: Vietnam begins construction of its first High Speed Railway Line, the second or third in South East Asia, to be completed in 2028
Vietnam recently began construction of their first High Speed Railway (HSR) Line, which will be a 120 kilometer Line which will pass through Cities of Hanoi and Hai Phong and the Provinces of Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh.
The Line will be a Double-track, Standard-gauge and Electrified which will support Trains that can run at a speed of up to 350 kilometers per Hour. The total cost of the Project is at Usd 5.87 billion and is targeted for completion in 2028.
Once completed, the Line will cut down the Travel time from Hanoi to the Province of Quang Ninh from the previous 2 to 2.5 hours down to only 25 to 30 minutes. The Line will either be the second or third in South East Asia (SEA) as Thailand is also building their own HSR Line.
The first HSR Line in SEA is of course the Jakarta-Bandung Line in Indonesia which was completed in 2023 with funding and construction help from China.
March 24, 2026: Vietnam moves closer to building and operating the 1st Nuclear Power Plant in SEA, theirs will have a Capacity of 2.4 GW
Vietnam recently signed an Intergovernmental Agreement with Russia for the construction of a 2.4 GW Nuclear Power Plant. The Plant will be called the Ninh Thuan 1 and will use two VVER-1200 Nuclear Reactors from Russia.
Several Countries in South East Asia (SEA) have constructed and operated Nuclear Reactors, but these are being used mainly for Research only, none of them have established an actual, commercial, working Nuclear Power Plant yet.
Vietnam is reportedly targeting completion of the Ninh Thuan Plant by 2030, so I expect the Contract signing and construction to begin relatively soon. And if they are successful in building and operating this Plant, then they will be the first in SEA to do so.
And with such a high capacity at 2.4 GW, or 2.4 billion Watts of Power.
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