Vietnam Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 2,834 km total; 2,262 1 000-meter gauge, 130 km standard gauge, 230 km dual gauge, 212 km unoperable

Highways: 41,191 km total; 5,471 km bituminous, 27,030 km gravel or improved earth, 8,690 km unimproved earth

Pipelines: 150 km, refined products

Inland waterways: about 17,702 km navigable, more than 5,149 km navigable at all times by vessels up to 1.8-m draft

Ports: 9 major, 23 minor

Civil air: controlled by military

Airfields: 217 total, 128 usable; 46 with permanent-surface runways; 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 28 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.