Haiphong is a seaport city in Northeast Vietnam, approximately 100 km east of Hanoi. It is the third-largest city in Vietnam and home to the largest post, which serves Hanoi and the Red River Delta region. Haiphong is one of five cities in Vietnam that is a separate municipality and not in any of the […]
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Nha Trang construction update – 2022 edition
Nha Trang is usually one of the most popular beach resort cities in Vietnam. The city was going through a massive construction boom up until 2019, and then 2020 happened. Vietnam closed its international borders almost completely in March 2020, and they were able to stop the virus from spreading for most of the year. […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2022 construction update
Ho Chi Minh City is in the midst of building its first metro line, and planning for at least another 10 lines. Every year I do a “State of the Metro” report to follow the construction progress and other lines under consideration (here are the 2020 and 2021 reports). Another year has gone by and […]
Hanoi Metro 2022 construction update
This is the second Hanoi Metro Report at Future Southeast Asia (the first one being in 2020). These construction updates are an annual snapshot of construction progress and notable news over the last year. I missed the 2021 update due to the pandemic, so I was happy to be able to return to Hanoi and […]
Hanoi Line 2A review – riding the first metro railway in Vietnam
Hanoi opened metro Line 2A on November 6th 2021, making it the first urban rail transit line in Vietnam. I have been watching this line slowly (very slowly) get built while I have been based in Vietnam. I visited Hanoi in 2020 thinking that my metro report would include a review of the new line, […]
Hue construction update – 2022 edition
This is a construction update for major projects in the city of Hue in Vietnam. A full list of projects can be found on the Future Thua Thien Hue page. Hue Construction Map This map includes projects mentioned in this article. [Map of Thua Thien Hue.] Hue Construction Projects Hue Square Location: 44-54 Le Loi, […]
Future Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam – Hue and province construction, transport, and infrastructure projects
Thua Thien Hue is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. The capital of Hue is one of the most historic cities in Vietnam, with the Hue Citadel being the seat of the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Outside of the historic area, Hue is a growing provincial capital, with a new […]
Proposed speeds of the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City Express Railway
Should the future Vietnam North-South Express Railway be a high-speed or semi-high-speed railway? Vietnam is planning to commence construction of the North-South express railway in 2028-2029. Even with years of feasibility studies and consultancy reports, no decision has been made on how fast the new railway should be. The fastest proposal has called for a […]
Da Nang construction update – 2022 edition
After nearly two years since the international borders closed, Vietnam reopened to the world in March 2022. As soon as I was able to return I went to Da Nang. My last construction report for Da Nang was in the first year of the lockout in November 2020. Few would have predicted that the country […]
Binh Thuan construction update – 2022 edition
Bình Thuan Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam is best known for the beach resorts of Phan Thiet and Mui Ne. It doesn’t have the level of tourism of Nha Trang and Da Nang (not having an airport is a major factor), but it has its own niche of visitors. In the […]
