21h15 the first passengers to experience the new train began to board.

Staff on the train carefully prepared each detail in the cabin.

New generation carriages, made of high-grade materials. The train has four carriages with 56 chairs per carriage.

Bedside tables are equipped with an integrated reading light that charges your phone via USB.

The canteen is located in the middle of the train to accommodate passengers from both ends.

Checked food on board is safe and hygienic.

The on-board kitchen is modern and can be deployed to meet the standards of the aviation industry to passengers.

Each meal will have many menus for passengers to choose from: chicken stock, basa fish, meat, pepper …; Breakfast with dumplings, fried noodles. The fares on these 5-star train lines are unchanged from the normal North-South train fare.

Not only the interior is improved, the hull is also better soundproofed to prevent noise, the axle system and car body damping is also improved to limit vibration on the arc.

Toilet air conditioner, septic toilet in accordance with the principle of operation of the US Microphor system, waste treatment system to ensure environmental sanitation standards.

On 10th Jan 2018, the Vietnam Railway Corporation put 4 new express trains from Saigon to Hanoi to build the third generation to operate on the Thong Nhat railway.

22h00 train SE3 was ordered to depart, expected the train will be present at the station on the morning of 13/1 and return to Hanoi with the code SE4 on the 30-hour journey.