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.

The Hanoi People's Council has approved a plan to select a contractor for the technical support project in preparation for Metro Line No. 3 running from Hanoi Railway Station to Hoang Mai district.