On 9 April 2010, Union Minister of India, Shashi Tharoor announced that the central government is considering a rail link from Manipur to Vietnam via Burma [REF].
Indian Railways and rail authorities in China are interested in starting a high-speed rail link that would link New Delhi with Kunming, China via Myanmar[REF] The rail link would utilise the under construction railway from Manipur, India to Burma and the under construction railway from Kunming to Burma.