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Line 4 HCMC Metro – News and updates

December 11, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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) – […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit, Vietnam Tagged With: ho chi minh city, ho chi minh city metro, vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City construction update – 2023 edition

November 7, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Construction Updates, Vietnam Tagged With: 2023 construction updates, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Line 2 HCMC Metro

October 30, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit, Vietnam Tagged With: ho chi minh city, ho chi minh city metro, vietnam

Line 1 HCMC Metro: Construction of the first rail transit line in Ho Chi Minh City

October 3, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit, Vietnam Tagged With: ho chi minh city, ho chi minh city metro, metro, vietnam

Thu Thiem New Urban Area

September 11, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Development, Vietnam Tagged With: ho chi minh city, thu thiem, vietnam

The resurrection of Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe: How HCMC brought the black water canal back from the dead

September 4, 2023 By Future Southeast Asia Leave a Comment

[By Thao Vi – Calvin Godfrey, Thanh Nien News August 28, 2014] Once a lush river, then a stagnant ditch, the World Bank now regards the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in Ho Chi Minh City as an example of smart urban development work. Whether dumping, cut corners or climate change will threaten that success remains […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: canal, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Long Thanh International Airport

August 31, 2023 By James Clark 2 Comments

A comprehensive guide to the future new airport of Ho Chi Minh City Long Thanh International Airport is the planned second airport of Ho Chi Minh City. Situated approximately 40 km east of the city centre, the airport will have enough space to eventually include 4 runways and serve over 100 million passengers annually. Such […]

Filed Under: Aviation, Vietnam Tagged With: airports, ho chi minh city

Thu Thiem Theater project restarted

August 12, 2023 By Future Southeast Asia Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ho chi minh city, thu thiem, vietnam

Ben Thanh Station – A 3-line metro interchange that will transform Ho Chi Minh City

July 11, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit, Vietnam Tagged With: ho chi minh city, ho chi minh city metro, metro, vietnam

Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Light Rail

July 10, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit, Vietnam Tagged With: airport railway, airports, ho chi minh city, light rail, long thanh international airport, thu thiem, vietnam

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