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Vietnam Transportation:

Railways:
total: 2,600 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges

Highways:
total: 93,300 km (1999 est.)
paved: 23,418 km
unpaved: 69,882 km

Waterways:
17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2004 est.)

Pipelines:
condensate/gas: 432 km
gas: 210 km
oil: 3 km
refined products: 206 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City

Merchant marine:
total: 194 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,170,621 GRT / 1,798,376 DWT
by type: bulk 18, cargo 142, chemical tanker 3, container 2, liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 11
(2005)

Airports:
24 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3047m: 6
2438 to 3047m: 5
1524 to 2437m: 9
914 to 1523m: 1
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 3
1524 to 2437m: 1
914 to 1523m: 1
under 914m: 1
(2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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