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Residents and tourists in Hanoi will soon have more options for getting around after the city’s authorities approved 200 public bicycle stations.

Hanoi plans six more underground urban railway lines with a combined length of 86.5 kilometres under an underground space planning project to 2030, with a vision towards 2050, according to Nguyen Duc Nghia, deputy director of the municipal Department of Planning and Architecture.

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.

Around 26,000 apartment units are expected to be launched in Hanoi in 2022, signaling a vibrant outlook for the segment, according to real estate service provider Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) Vietnam.

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.

Compared with other means of public passenger transport, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong electric trains have many outstanding advantages.

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.

Initially, a train will arrive in 15 minutes, in peak hours there will be one in every 10 minutes, with a maximum capacity of 960 people per train, meaning a maximum transport volume of 1.02 million people per day

Hanoi will offer free travel for all passengers on its first metro line Cat Linh – Ha Dong during the first 15 days after the line is put into operation, according to Director of the city’s Department of Transport Vu Van Vien.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Transport on October 20 signed a record of discussion for a project on strengthing the urban railway training capacity for the Railway College.

The ninth train of the Hanoi urban railway line No.3 connecting Nhon and Hanoi Station has arrived at the depot in Hanoi, and the 10th, also the last, train is expected to reach Hai Phong port on September 14, the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) said on September 11.

An automatic fare collection system for the Hanoi urban railway line No.3 (Nhon-Hanoi Station) has been delivered from France to Vietnam to prepare for the installation and commercial operation of the elevated section of the project.

Land acquisition, compensation payments and resettlement for affected households should be completed by the end of July so that construction on Ho Chi Minh City’s second metro line can begin, city officials have said.

The train route is 8,5 km long, connecting Nhon station with S8 station in Cau Giay district.

A train was safely commissioned on a 10-km elevated section of the Hanoi urban railway line No.3 (Nhon-Hanoi Station) from Nhon depot to Cau Giay station on July 1.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban railway project is awaiting assessment from the State Inspection Council for the pre-acceptance test of construction works before being put into operation.

Japanese contractor Hitachi on May 11 completed the installation of all three passenger carriages of train No. 2 onto a trial track at a depot of Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 between Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Theme Park.

Hanoi’s first metro service running from Cat Linh to Ha Dong will start commercial operation from May 1 as directed by the Prime Minister.

Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway line, invested in by the Ministry of Transport, is expected to be put into commercial operation on the Reunification Day (April 30), a leader from the ministry has said.