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[ChineseTiger1986]

Absolutely not. Those are considered as flying coffin for us Vietnamese. The route from Saigon to Condao using comac was canceled due to no one wanted to risk their lives taking that flight

China is the only country controlling the rare earth, and the quality of the western commercial jetliners might become more dubious if the rare earth war has been escalating into the civilian manufacturing domains.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Yes of course
That will enable Comac to produce more aircraft. The company has difficulty to make aircraft due to different reasons. And one is US sanctions.
I did say that months or years ago.
From the visit of To Lam and other Vietnamese companies to China, it appears to me that in addition to acquiring more aircraft from Comac and opening more flights to China, a production line in Vietnam is under discussion.

VietJet Air to lease up to 10 C909 jets in boost for Chinese aircraft maker

Deal follows talks between Chinese and Vietnamese presidents in Beijing this week.

www.scmp.com

The Comac executives were naive for trusting the west that using their engine in exchange of their certification.

C919 will start to test its domestic engine CJ-1000 in Q2/Q3 of this year, then it will start to mass produce with its domestic engine.

C929 will never use a western engine again, it might not have the same problem as C919.

 

[Viet]

You seem to lack a certain understanding of the real world. Perhaps you could travel to China yourself, take a ride on the High-Speed Rail (HSR), and experience firsthand the differences between it and air travel.

Aircraft serve as a point-to-point mode of transportation. They contribute "zero" value to the intermediate points along a route. If Vietnam consisted of only two cities—Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City—and over 90% of the population resided in those two cities, and furthermore, if the Vietnamese government had no intention of developing other cities, then the civil aviation solution you described would indeed be the optimal choice.

HSR, however, is a mode of transportation of an entirely different nature.

I suggest you first familiarize yourself with the basic operational protocols of civil aviation.

Constructing a civil aviation airport is not particularly difficult. However, maintaining the normal operation of such an airport is an extremely challenging undertaking; it entails a great many highly stringent requirements.

Here is a point of reference for you.

The city where I reside—Mianyang, Sichuan Province—is home to a civil aviation airport.

Mianyang has a permanent population of approximately 7 million and a GDP of around 450 billion RMB. It ranks second within Sichuan Province and places roughly 100th nationwide.

Regarding Mianyang's civil airport: if one were to look solely at its commercial aviation operating figures, it has consistently operated at a 100% net loss. However, the facility itself is a dual-use military-civilian airport, meaning it receives a certain level of financial subsidy from the military. Furthermore, the airport serves as a training base for the Civil Aviation Flight University of China. It is only thanks to these two substantial sources of subsidy that the Mianyang airport is able to barely maintain normal operations.

For the sake of comparison, you might find it useful to benchmark this against other cities in Vietnam (excluding Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).

In Vietnam we rely on imports of kerosene. Without kerosene, that’s about weeks away before we run dry, we will ground all aircraft. Worthless discussion what’s better: taking a flight or rail?

 

[ety]

I think it’s all about sending a message: China HSR is safe. if Vietnam communist chief rides on a train then China train is safe. He tells it to the Vietnamese and international media without saying. He makes it for Ccp. Otherwise it makes no sense for him to ride 10 hours plus on a train.

I know why To Lam took long ride of 2400 km on Chinese HSR. He wants to find out how long distance HSR is operated successfully in China and how the Chinese HSR has brought developments of the cities and towns along the line. All these experiences will be applicable in building and operating Vietnam's N-S HSR in the future. Anyways, Vietnam really needs a North-South HSR, and its geography of long but narrow strip of land is especially suited to build a HSR to efficiently connect parts of the country.

 

[Viet]

I know why To Lam took long ride of 2400 km on Chinese HSR. He wants to find out how long distance HSR is operated successfully in China and how the Chinese HSR has brought developments of the cities and towns along the line. All these experiences will be applicable in building and operating Vietnam's N-S HSR in the future. Anyways, Vietnam really needs a North-South HSR, and its geography of long but narrow strip of land is especially suited to build a HSR to efficiently connect parts of the country.

The decision is made to cover Vietnam with HSR. There is no going back. There are numerous reports of Vietnamese traveling on China HSR, he probably just wants to experience himself.
Of course we need to develop the entire country, not just Hanoi and Saigon while turning the rest to slums.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Vietnam’s President To Lam just took China’s high-speed train from Beijing to Guangxi on April 16. 2,400+ km in ~10 hours on Fuxing Train

This is his 2nd high-speed rail trip during this China visit.A powerful sign of China-Vietnam cooperation & modern connectivity

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Deng xiaoping rides The Shinkansen high speed rail train in Japan in 1978​

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[Viet]

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[Viet]

the second 4,000m runway under construction
upon completion the new Saigon airport with 4 runways is more than 4 times bigger than UK biggest airport.

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[AViet]

My parent's generation used to go to East European countries to study by train in 1960s via China, Mongolia and the Soviet Union, but probably it is the first time ever a Vietnamese top leader has gone all the way from Beijing to Hanoi by train.

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(The train carries Mr. To Lam from Nanning to Hanoi. He took a high speed train to go from Beijing to Nanning.)

 

[Viet]

HSR Hanoi section
large amount of construction machines and vehicles apparently come from China. Vinspeed signs contract with machinery maker Sany with 1,000 trucks alone being delivered.

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[Viet]

Vietnam tests next-generation ultra-fast internet technology​

[VOVWORLD] - The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group announced on Friday it had successfully tested two next-generation fiber-optic access technologies: 25G PON and 50G PON.

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(Source: Thanh Nien newspaper)

The 25G PON achieved real-world speeds of up to 21 Gbps, while the 50G PON reached 41 Gbps. With these results, Viettel becomes the first telecom operator in Vietnam to trial ultra-broadband technologies, keeping pace with leading global providers.

Mastering 25G and 50G PON is expected to bring significant benefits for both individuals and businesses. The infrastructure could enable new applications such as 8K video streaming and extended reality (XR). For enterprises, it provides a critical foundation for smart factories, digital twins and real-time remote control systems with near-zero latency.

While Viettel has yet to announce a commercial rollout timeline, it said that following further evaluations, it plans to introduce ultra-high bandwidth service packages ranging from 20 Gbps to 40 Gbps for specialized customer segments, while continuing research toward more advanced technologies such as 100G PON.

 

[Viet]

20G or 40G for home users is much overkill.
what applications can consume such bandwidth?
maybe in the future multiple realtime 8k video, VR, live AI calculations

 

[Viet]

Too nice to be true
If anything it’s a concept.

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[Viet]

Vietnam defense expo 2026
Coming later this year
new, and upgraded weapon systems
howitzer, Infantry fighting vehicles, missile battery, warships
Probably the first medium tank prototype will be ready.

 

[Viet]

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