Contractors, engineers and workers are hurrying up constructing the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien underground metro station of the Vietnam’s first metro line stretching on 20km.


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The metro line running through districts 1, 2, 9, Binh Thanh and Thu Duc in Ho Chi Minh City and Di An in Binh Duong province is built at a cost of more than US$2.4 billion.





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The Opera House station is 30m under the ground with four basements.





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Nearly 200 workers are executing B2 and B3 basements, around 20m under the ground.





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There are three underground stations – Ben Thanh, Opera House and Ba Son.




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Thanh Nien/VOV