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Line 2 HCMC Metro

January 15, 2025 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Line 2 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the under-construction second line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. Phase 1 will go from Ben Thanh Station (interchanging with Line 1) to Tham Luong. The total length is 11.3 km (9.3 km underground and 2 km elevated) with 11 stations […]

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

Ba Son Bridge – A new landmark bridge in Ho Chi Minh City

January 3, 2025 By James Clark 2 Comments

The Ba Son Bridge is a bridge in Ho Chi Minh City that spans the Saigon River, connecting District 1 and Thu Thiem in Thu Duc City. This is the second connection between District 1 and Thu Thiem, joining the Saigon River Tunnel/Thu Thiem Tunnel which opened in November 2011. The bridge was inaugurated on […]

Filed Under: Bridges Tagged With: ho chi minh city, vietnam

Line 1 HCMC Metro: The first rail transit line in Ho Chi Minh City

December 22, 2024 By James Clark 1 Comment

Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is the first line of the Ho Chi Minh City transit system. The total length is 19.7 km (2.6 km underground and 17.1 km elevated) and there are 14 stations (3 underground stations and 11 elevated stations). Work began on Line 1 in August […]

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

Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Line: connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh International Airport

December 12, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Line is a proposed metro line connecting Ho Chi Minh City to the under-construction Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai Province. The line begins at the planned central railway station at Thu Thiem in Thu Duc City. The proposed route of the 41.8 km line (11.7 km in […]

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

Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh light rail line

November 4, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Ho Chi Minh City-Tay Ninh light rail line (LRT) is a proposed railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Tay Ninh city in Tay Ninh province. The line was proposed by Sun Group to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee in October 2024. The light rail line would be built with a new […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: ho chi minh city, light rail, tay ninh, vietnam

Vietnam High-Speed Railway: North-South express railway project

October 8, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Vietnam high-speed railway is a proposed new railway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The North-South express railway will be 1,541 km in length, double-tracked standard-gauge electric railway with a top speed of 350 km/h. This will replace the current metre-gauge North–South passenger railway. The current Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City railway […]

Filed Under: Railways Tagged With: hanoi, high speed rail, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Hang Bang Canal: The rehabilitation of an old Saigon waterway

February 26, 2024 By James Clark Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Urban Parks, Waterways Tagged With: canal, ho chi minh city, vietnam

Thu Thiem New Urban Area: the Pudong of Southeast Asia

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: New Urban Areas Tagged With: ho chi minh city, thu thiem, vietnam

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 in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City

July 11, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

Ben Thanh Station is the 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 Square. […]

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

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