Hang Bang Canal is an urban canal in Districts 5 and 6 of Ho Chi Minh City. The 1,400 metre-long canal is undergoing rehabilitation to restore the waterway and remove the houses that have encroached over the canal. Hang Bang Canal was formerly known as Canal Bonard in Cholon (the Chinatown area of Saigon). The […]
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Line 4 HCMC Metro – News and updates
Line 4 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is a proposed North-South line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. Line 4 will interchange with Line1/3A and Line 2 at Ben Thanh Station. Total length: about 35.75 km (16.18 km underground and 17.77 km elevated). Alignment: Thanh Xuan (district 12) – […]
Ho Chi Minh City construction update – 2023 edition
This is the 5th annual Ho Chi Minh City construction update at Future Southeast Asia (here are the updates for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022). It’s been an eventful year since the last update, so let’s get started. This is a general overview, and not an exhaustive list. Construction news One Central HCM One Central […]
Line 2 HCMC Metro
Line 2 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the planned second line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. Phase 1 will go from Ben Thanh Station (interchanging with Line 1) to Tan Binh. The total length is 11.3 km (9.3 km underground and 2 km elevated) with 11 stations […]
Line 1 HCMC Metro: Construction of the first rail transit line in Ho Chi Minh City
Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the first line under construction of the future Ho Chi Minh City transit system. The total length is 19.7 km (2.6 km underground and 17.1 km elevated) and there will be 14 stations (3 underground stations and 11 elevated stations). Work began on […]
Thu Thiem New Urban Area: the Pudong of Southeast Asia
Thu Thiem New Urban Area is an urban redevelopment project in Ho Chi Minh City. The area is on the Thu Thiem Peninsula in the municipal division Thu Duc City (a city within the city of Ho Chi Minh City). New urban areas are usually built far from the city centre. In the case of […]
Thu Thiem Theater project restarted
City – Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Phan Van Mai has just signed and promulgated Plan No. 3818/KH-UBND to deploy typical emulation programs, works and projects to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation Day of the South, unification of the country (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025). The […]
Ben Thanh Station: A 3-line metro interchange that will transform Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Station is the future central station of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro. The station will be an interchange for three lines, and it will include a remodeled pedestrian area and an underground shopping plaza. The underground station is in front of the historic Ben Thanh Market, under what was Quach Thi Trang […]
Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Light Rail
The Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Light Rail is a proposed railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City to the under-construction second airport of Ho Chi Minh City. The line begins at the proposed new central railway station in the Thu Thiem new urban area in Thu Duc City. The 38km standard-gauge railway goes to Long […]
Can Gio Tourist City
Can Gio Tourist City is a proposed new urban area in Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City. The project is also known as Can Gio Resort Town and Can Gio sea encroachment tourism and urban area project. The proposed project will cover 2,870 hectares on existing Can Gio coastline and reclaimed land, and […]
