03-04-2018 13:48
Preparations are on track to restart the process of selecting contractors for a key bidding package of Hanoi’s Metro Line 1.
12-11-2024 23:10
The first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City, linking Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien in Thu Duc, is conducting trial runs at full capacity from November 11 to 17.
10-03-2025 14:15
Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 built by Japanese ODA was officially inaugurated on March 9 with the participation of high-ranking officials from Vietnam and Japan.
25-12-2024 17:32
In its first three days of operation starting on December 22, Ho Chi Minh City’s long-awaited first metro line served nearly 279,000 passengers, far surpassing the expected figure of 105,000.
12-07-2021 13:54
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has requested the prime minister’s approval to develop the Metro Line 3 project (Hanoi Railway Station-Hoang Mai Station) with the total investment capital of $1.75 billion.
06-05-2021 18:26
Floor B1 of Ba Son Station of Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) has basically been completed 31 days earlier than planned.
14-03-2025 15:40
Visa launched a contactless payment solution, or 'tap-to-ride', for Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 on March 13, supporting payments from cards, mobile devices, and wearables.
04-08-2020 11:56
Hanoi People’s Committee has requested the prime minister's approval to appraise the pre-feasibility report of the $1.73 billion Metro Line No.3 (Hanoi Railway Station – Hoang Mai station). The construction is expected to start by 2021 and start operation in 2028.
03-12-2015 17:00
Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte Ltd, which is the supervising company for Hitachi’s elevators and escalators business in Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East today announced that they had been awarded an order for a total of 63 units, including 32 units of elevators and 31 units of escalators, for elevated stations of Metro Line 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, the first urban railway in Vietnam.
10-03-2025 14:05
On March 10, Visa announced its official co-sponsorship of the inauguration ceremony for Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien), marking a pivotal step towards modernising public transport and enhancing the daily commute for millions of residents.
15-07-2021 09:00
The sixth and seventh trains of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien Metro Line 1 have successfully arrived at Khanh Hoi Port.
06-07-2020 17:11
Vietnam is ramping up efforts to uncork the bottleneck of slow capital disbursement in a bid to put Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line 1 into commercial operation by 2021.
18-05-2020 08:04
The construction of the first phase of Metro Line 5 connecting Bay Hien Crossroad to Saigon Bridge is expected to start in 2025 with the total investment cost of VND39 trillion ($1.7 billion).
15-04-2019 15:02
Ho Chi Minh City authorities are seeking approval for an advance sum of nearly $100 million from the government budget to pay foreign contractors, thus making the progress to put Vietnam’s first metro line into technical operation by the end of next year.
22-03-2019 09:22
Recent moves to speed up the operation of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line have brought new hopes of a rise of property prices along the route after years of delays.