HANOI, 20 November 2014: Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) will sell train tickets on its website soon following the completion of a software upgrade.

Passengers will be able to book train travel online and complete the transaction, but they will still need to make payments in cash, or via Internet banking to seal the transaction. They will also need to go to the nearest station to get the paper tickets at least four hours before departure.

Designer of the ticket sales system at VNR’s website, FPT Information System Company general director, Pham Minh Tuan, said it will be up and running 1 December.

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Been to Vietnam, beautiful country! Travel experience is another topic alltogeather.

Thai trains used to go on line in more ways than one

Online trains? Never heard of such before. How do you get on the train? Need to get online first?

That's good news for those who like to do it themselves ...however for those who like an agent most hotels where you stay at will get you s ticket delivered for less than $3 in most cases