steam in Vietnam

The main railway station of Saigon (a.k.a. Ho Chi Mihn City) - Ga is probably from French Gare

A metre gauge 2-8-2 French built loco displayed outside Ga Saigon

An 0-6-0 tank loco of the Thai Nguyen steelworks

A freight train cosses a dual road/rail bridge in the north, late 1980s (Edwin E. Moise)

Most of the Vietnamese railway system was built by the French during the colonial era.  Today it stands at 2,169 km in metre gauge - the bulk of which is the single track line connecting Saigon and Hanoi - plus 253  km in dual metre and standard gauge, and 178 km in standard gauge - the later two variants are for connections with China.  According to the most recent info, Vietnam still has 34 operating steam locomotives, which are likely to all be metre gauge.