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More trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line between Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien have arrived at Khanh Hoi Port from Japan on May 6.

The number of passengers using the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban elevated rail line has surged by 30 percent compared to the previous months.

The importation of the 17 trains of Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, is expected to be completed this month.

Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line No.2 (Ben Thanh-Tham Luong) is scheduled to complete in 2030 instead of 2026 as previously planned, according to the city Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).

Ho Chi Minh City is applying itself to speed up construction of the first metro line, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, and preparing for starting work on the second one, Ben Thanh - Tham Luong, this year.

Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc city will start trial operations by December 31 this year.

The Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) together with contractors and consultation units will make utmost efforts to complete and put the Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) into operation in 2023 as scheduled, said MAUR Vice Director of the board Nguyen Quoc Hien on February 10.

The metro currently serves nearly 15,000 passengers a day. More than 20% of the travellers are using monthly tickets.

Ho Chi Minh City will begin construction of Metro Line No. 2 in 2022, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee and the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, organised an inauguration ceremony for Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line – the first of its kind in Vietnam on January 13.

The Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the Hanoi People's Committee and the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony to inaugurate the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line on January 13.

Trains on the Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station metro line were put on a trial run at a maximum speed of 80 km per hour on December 6. The trains departed from the S1 Station (Nhon) and ran to S8 Station (Cau Giay district) and returned. The distance between the two stations is 8.5 km.

Four more trains of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) are arriving in Khanh Hoi port in the city on December 7-8, according to the HCM City Urban Railway Management Board.

Two final underground railway segments for Metro Line No 1 in Ho Chi Minh City are being installed and will be completed in two months.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi has officially put into commercial operation.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi was officially inaugurated and put into commercial operation in the morning of November 6 after 10 years of construction.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi was officially inaugurated and put into commercial operation on November 6.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi was officially inaugurated and put into commercial operation on November 6 morning.

The Ministry of Transport has asked China’s EPC general contractor to put the Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line in Hanoi into trial run from November 1 to handover date.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong on November 2 told the Vietnam News Agency that the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project will be inaugurated and put into commercial operation before November 10.