The German tunnel boring machine will come to Hải Phòng port in two parts. One in october and one in november.

Joint venture contractor Hyundai-Ghella start construction in March 2021. TBM is from Germany of brand Herrenknecht.

There was much critics for importing a new German TBM. Critics asked why not use the Japanese TBM which digged Bến Thành-Suối Tiên line tunnel only 2.6km.

https://tunnelcontact.com/discussion/view/18314/critics-explained-not-using-ben-thanh-suoi-tien-tunnel-tbm-also-for-nhon-ha-noi-line

The under construction Nhổn - Hà Nội railway station project is 12.5km long and 4 kilometer is as a tunnel. Project financed domestically and with loans from European Investment Bank, Asian Development Bank and french government.

https://www.baogiaothong.vn/thang-32021-bat-dau-khoan-ham-tuyen-nhon-ga-ha-noi-robot-dao-cua-duc-d478607.html