The cross - border passenger train service between China and Vietnam resumed operation after a five - year hiatus.
On the 25th, Train T8701 departed from Nanning Station to Hanoi, marking the resumption of the China-Vietnam international through-passenger train service after a five-year hiatus.
The resumed international passenger train between Nanning Station and Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station departs from Nanning Station at 18:05 Beijing Time every day, crosses the border at the Pingxiang Railway Port, and arrives at Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station at 6:30 the next day; it departs from Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station at 22:20 every day and arrives at Nanning Station at 10:06 the next day. The international passenger train between Beijing West Station and Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station departs from Beijing West Station at 16:05 every Thursday and Sunday. Passengers will transfer to Train T8701 at Nanning Station to continue their journey to Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station; it departs from Hanoi (Gia Lam) Station every Tuesday and Friday, and passengers will transfer at Nanning Station to continue their journey to Beijing West Station.

