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 […]
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Vietnam High-Speed Railway: North-South express railway project
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 […]
Long Thanh International Airport: the future second airport of Ho Chi Minh City
Long Thanh International Airport is the under-construction second airport of Ho Chi Minh City. Situated approximately 40 km east of the city centre in Dong Nai Province, the airport will have enough space to eventually include 4 runways and serve over 100 million passengers annually. Such an ambitious size would put it up there with […]
An Thuong Streets: how Da Nang inadvertently built a vibrant beach neighbourhood
An Thuong Tourist Streets is a neighbourhood on My Khe Beach in Da Nang. Despite the cringe name, this area is a model for how to build a walkable and vibrant beach neighbourhood. Other cities in Southeast Asia should take note. An Thuong Tourist Streets The An Thuong Tourist Streets (also referred to as An […]
Great Ring of Hanoi: concept for a large linear ring park around Hanoi
[Great Ring of Hanoi (view full size).] The Great Ring of Hanoi is a visionary project and proposal for the creation of a large linear ring park for the Vietnamese capital city, of such dimensions as to be visible even from space (like the great wall of China). It is a project that takes inspiration […]
Bac Ninh construction and transport projects
Bac Ninh province is located in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. The province is to the east of Hanoi and is considered as part of the Hanoi Capital Region. Bac Ninh is one of the major industrial provinces in Vietnam, and it has become a high-tech manufacturing hub. Some of the big names […]
Duong Bia giant proposes to build an urban railway project – a 30km yellow tram line from Da Nang airport to Hoi An city
Hoa Binh Group proposes to build an urban railway project – yellow tram line with a total length of more than 30km from Da Nang airport to Hoi An city in the form of BOT, construction time from 6 – 9 months from From the date of receiving the site, it is the land separating […]
Ngoc Hoi Railway Station: The Hanoi station for the North-South high-speed railway
Ngoc Hoi Railway Station is the proposed Hanoi station for the North-South high-speed railway of Vietnam. The station complex will be a transport hub for the high-speed railway, national railways, and the Hanoi Metro. The Ngoc Hoi site is approximately 10 km south of Hanoi Railway Station on a site covering about 171ha. The land […]
Hang Bang Canal: The rehabilitation of an old Saigon waterway
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 […]
Hotel and resort developments on the Ho Tram – Binh Chau sea resort route (near Ho Chi Minh City)
Ba Ria – Vung Tau is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. The province is the closest beach resort area to Ho Chi Minh City, with the Ho Tram – Binh Chau Sea Resort Route being the most developed area. [Ba Ria – Vung Tau map by TUBS via Wikimedia Commons.] The bulk […]
