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Vietnam Transportation 2009
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SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
 


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Airports:
44 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2008)

Heliports:
1 (2007)

Pipelines:
condensate/gas 42 km; gas 66 km; refined products 206 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 2,600 km
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 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 222,179 km
paved: 42,167 km
unpaved: 180,012 km (2004)

Waterways:
17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2008)

Merchant marine:
total: 387
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 36, cargo 280, chemical tanker 12, container 14, liquefied gas 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 32, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 2 (Hong Kong 1, Japan 1)
registered in other countries: 64 (Honduras 1, Liberia 4, Mongolia 23, Panama 30, Tuvalu 5, unknown 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the South China Sea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; hijacked vessels are often disguised and cargo diverted to ports in East Asia; crews have been murdered or cast adrift


NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.



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