Hanoi, April 1 -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a railway cooperation forum in Hanoi on March 31, eyeing for further cooperation in the railway sector.

Speaking at the forum, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Danh Huy hailed the Vietnam-RoK cooperation in different fields, particularly in the transport sector. Currently, the RoK is the second largest bilateral donor for Vietnam's transport sector.

Since 1996, the Korean government has provided funding for Vietnam's transport infrastructure development. To date, the two countries have successfully completed nine projects, with total loans of over 1 billion USD, an...