Unfinished business: Vietnam's long-awaited urban commuter rail

Clueless bureaucracy bloats project costs and delays completion dates

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The opening of Hanoi Metro Line 3 is expected to be delayed until 2027, over a decade past the estimated completion date of 2015. © Vietnam News Agency

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- A sluggish bureaucracy bordering on ineptitude is causing Vietnam's urban commuter railway projects to be delayed far beyond their estimated completion dates.

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