City seeks more funds for metro lines 1, 2

Thursday, Jan 11, 2018

HCM City authorities have proposed increasing capitalisation for the city’s first two metro lines as the projects continue to face a capital shortage.

First HCMC metro tracks due this month

Monday, Oct 09, 2017

The first set of tracks and sleepers will be installed on HCM City’s 19.7km metro line No 1 from Ben Thanh Market to Suoi Tien Tourist Park on October 23, the director of the project has said.  

1st HCMC metro line to get tracks next month

Monday, Sep 11, 2017

Progress on the metro continues, but a tax dispute has left some necessary equipment languishing at port, Le Nguyen Minh Quang, head of the HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways told a press briefing on Friday.

HCM City asks State for additional $2b of ODA

Tuesday, Apr 18, 2017

HCM City authorities have asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment and Ministry of Finance to allocate an additional VND48.762 trillion (US$2.14 billion) of official development assistance (ODA) in the next three years, with VND8 trillion ($352.33 million) allocated for...

HCM City: Nearly US$225 mln for metro underground section

Friday, Nov 18, 2016

The management board of the HCM City urban railway projects held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an underground session from Ben Thanh station to the municipal Opera House station of the metro route No. 1 Ben Thanh –...

HCM City metro on schedule

Friday, Sep 04, 2015

The first line of the subway in HCM City, the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro, is quickly taking shape, three years after construction kicked off.

Fruit festival to open in HCM City in June

Saturday, May 23, 2015

HCM City will host the Southern Fruit Festival in its Suoi Tien Tourist Area in District 9 from June 1-20 with a view of honouring values of exotic fruits and growers in Viet Nam and the southern region in particular.

Deputy PM inspects work on City's first metro line

Thursday, Aug 07, 2014

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday led a Government delegation to inspect the the construction of the Metro Line No1 project in HCM City, the first of its kind in the country.