By all means, service expansion could become one of the powerful tools for the government to realize the goal of switching traffic mode from road to rail, and increase the share of rail transport to 20% of the total freight by 2020. Also, the expansion opportunity is largely pronounced taking into consideration the future transport demand in Indochina countries under “the North-South and East-West Economic Corridor Development Plan.” The broadened freight service would support the trade in
GMS, and this is in fact become a highly prospective opportunity for the government to consider granting the investment.