VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality and largest financial centre in Vietnam, is speeding up procedures to build three more metro lines with a total capital of more than US$5 billion alongside the two ongoing Metro lines No.1 and No.2.

The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to start commercial operation in October this year, according to the Ho Chi Minh City’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has just signed an agreement to lend more than JPY41 billion to the Vietnamese Government for the construction of Metro Line No. 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien section) in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - During the “India Business Forum - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2023” held on November 21, the southern metropolis expressed its desire to attract Indian investment in metro line and high-tech projects.

VOV.VN - After more than 13 years of construction, the Nhon – Hanoi railway station metro line project has completed 99.54% of its workload (Phase I), and is preparing to open to traffic later this year or early next year.

Japan's Tokyu Group Chairman Nomoto Hirofumi has pledged to continue cooperating and sharing its 100-year experience with the southern province of Binh Duong to turn the locality into a green, smart and worth-living city.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line served more than 2.65 million passengers in the first quarter of this year, skyrocketing 262% year-on-year, according to General Director of Hanoi Railway Company Limited (Hanoi Metro) Vu Hong Truong.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City organised a trial run of the metro line No. 1 on December 21 following the project being under construction for more than 10 years.

The Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) in Ho Chi Minh City launched a trial run of Metro Line No.1 on Long Binh Depot’s railway W1 in Thu Duc City on August 30.

Ho Chi Minh City is exerting efforts to put its first metro line linking Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien into trial run at the beginning of 2024.