The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City will start commercial operations on December 22, 2024, while its official inauguration has been postponed to after the 2025 lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line is set to commence passenger services on December 22, following a rigorous testing schedule over the next 10 days.

A ceremony to launch the "Hanoi Night 2024 " tourism promotion programme and announce three new tourist destinations as well as the opening of Metro Line 6 - Hanoi Street Museum will be held in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on November 29.

VOV.VN - The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien line) in Ho Chi Minh City officially started commercial operation from November 11 for a week on a trial basis, said Le Minh Triet, director of Urban Railway Company No. 1 - the operator of the metro line.

HCM City’s Management Authority for Urban Railways has announced that the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line started trial run from early this month.

The commencement of commercial operations on the elevated section of the Nhon – Hanoi Station metro line last month is a symbol of the Vietnam-France cooperation in sustainable urban transport, French Ambassador Olivier Brochet said at a press conference held in Hanoi on September 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's second metro line Nhon-Hanoi Station is preparing to open up to traffic this August, thereby marking a new development milestone in the capital city’s public transport system.

The 8.5-km elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line, running from Nhon to Cau Giay, will open for commercial operation on August 9.

VOV.VN - Two giant tunnel boring machines (TBM) imported from Germany will be used to drill the first metres of tunnel for the Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station metro line on July 30.

The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line’s elevated section has received a safety certification by Apave - Bureau Veritas - Certifer (known as ABC Consultant) from France, giving it the paperwork needed to be operational.