The proposed line would continue to the coast at Vung Ang, a port in Hà Tĩnh Province, which would provide landlocked Laos with access to the South China Sea.
Even before the feasibility study was completed, in April 2017, the governments of Laos and Vietnam signed a letter of intent to build the railroad.
The act took place during the visit of the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to Laos.
[8] For the 103-kilometre (64 mi) section from Vũng Áng Port to Mụ Giạ via Tân Ấp railway station, it will be implemented by the end of 2030 according to Vietnamese Sources.
[9][10] The Laos–Vietnam railway is part of a project of the Government of Laos that plans to build six new railroads to provide landlocked countries with better access to world trade.