The cross-border passenger train service between Vietnam and China will resume from May 25 after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Vietnam News Agency.

There will be two trains - MR1 and MR2 - departing from Hanoi’s Gia Lam station to China’s Nanning station and vice versa daily.

MR1 will depart from Gia Lam station at 9:20 pm and arrive at Nanning station at 10:06 am the next day. In the opposite direction, MR2 will depart from Nanning station at 6:05 pm and arrive at Gia Lam station at 5:30 am the next day.

Passengers will complete immigration procedures at Dong Dang - Lang Son (Vietnam) and Pingxiang - Guangxi (China).

Additionally, direct trains from Gia Lam Station (Hanoi) to Beijing Station (China) and vice versa will be operated from May 27.

A one-way ticket for the Hanoi - Nanning route is about 1 million VND (38.5 USD), the Hanoi - Beijing route about 9.37 million VND. Free tickets are available for children under 4 years old, and 50% off for those from 4 to 12 years old. Each adult is allowed to bring one child; groups of six or more people are 25% off tickets.

Currently, the Vietnam Railways Corporation sells tickets for the cross-border routes at Hanoi, Gia Lam, Bac Giang, and Dong Dang stations. The operation of cross-border passenger trains between Vietnam and China is carried out based on the Vietnam-China Border Railway Agreement signed in 1992. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hanoi-Nanning trains ran daily.