Another view of the (back)street running in Hanoi, where the street slightly widens for the junction with Khâm Thiên a street food vendor washes out her dishes, seemingly oblivious to the 10 coa... (more)

Passenger train TN1 from Hanoi to Hochiminh (Saigon).

Above the bustling markets of uptown Hanoi, D9E 233 (a GE built U10 with a CAT engine) gets ready to depart with a train towards the border with China.

Just minutes earlier, this back street had been a hive of activity with a wedding in full swing, carpenters using the tracks as their workshop, street hairdressers, shoe stalls, butchers and resid... (more)

Train Hanoi-Saigon

The last steam in use in Viet Nam

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France

Vietnam: Japanese C12-type 2-6-2T steam loco 131-428 at Dalat Railway Station. The highland city of Dalat is a popular destination for weddings and the old steam loco is popular with wedding phot... (more)

Taken from our vehicle on the way to Halong Bay, Chinese-built Doi Moi D19E-906 heads to Haiphong with its load of containers paralleled by the ubiquious Vietnamese motorbikes.

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France