84% Ethnic Vietnamese
2% Ethnic Chinese
3260 Km coastline
Area 329,566 Sq Km (i.e., a bit bigger than Italy and a bit smaller than Japan)
Siagon (District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City - before unification capital of South Vietnam): Population 8 Million
Hanoi (Capital of unified Vietnan, before unification capital of North Vietnam): Population 4 Million
Siagon - Hanoi Railway 1726.21 Km single track, 1 Meter guage
Dining car and sleeping car for exclusive use by tour group, coupled to different Unification Expresses (Siagon to Hanoi public service) to transport to various locations on tour, when uncoupled shunted to a siding and guarded by railway crew assigned to the tour.
Click to go to Australian Franko's Vietnam Rail Tour Web Site
Click to go to Vietnam railways map/Web Site
At one end of the sleeper car is a "western" toilet, at the other end is a "squat toilet"
