Railways
total : 2,835 km (in addition, there are 224 km not restored to service afterwar damage)
standard gauge: 151 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,454 km 1.000-m gauge
other gauge: 230 km NA-m dual gauge (three rails)

Highways
total : 106,048 km
paved: 27,466 km
unpaved: 78,582 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 17,702 km navigable; more than 5,149 km navigable at all times by vesselsup to 1.8 m draft

Pipelines petroleum products 150 km

Ports and harbors Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Gai, Qui Nhon, NhaTrang

Merchant marine
total : 121 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 534,937 GRT/863,307 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 100, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 9, refrigerated cargo5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
note: Vietnam owns an additional 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 107,592DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Honduras, Malta, Panama,and Vanuatu (1996 est.)

Airports 48 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m : 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 7 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m : 5
under 914 m: 5 (1994 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.