Ho Chi Minh City plans to offer free rides on its new Metro Line No. 1 and connecting bus routes for the first 30 days, at a projected cost of 33 billion VND ($1.3 million).

The HCM City Urban Railway Management Board initiates a 50-day campaign to address pending work and bring Metro Line 1 into operation by the end of 2024.

TOD (Transit Oriented Development), an urban development model with public transport put at the center, is believed to be the key for Hanoi to build a railway network, increase land values, and develop new economic centers.

Under a master plan, the city plans to develop 183 km of metro lines by 2035, requiring an estimated US$36 billion.

PM Chính also tasked HCMC with collaborating with relevant ministries and agencies to resolve challenges, facilitating the approval process for the HCMC’s Ring Road No.4 project.

In a major update from HCM City, the People’s Committee has finalized the new schedule for the completion of Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien), confirming its operational status by the end of Q4 2024.

Hanoi's authorities are working on a plan to expand its urban railway network over the next decade.

The goal of developing 10 metro routes by 2035 with total length of 400 kilometers will be very challenging for Hanoi, according to Nguyen Cao Minh, head of the Hanoi Urban Railway Management Board.

Chairman Tran Sy Thanh of the Hanoi People’s Committee has called on the Prime Minister to implement special and breakthrough policies to fast-track the completion of more than 10 metro lines in the capital, stretching over 400 kilometers.

The 8.5km elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line provided free rides for over 250,000 passengers in its first four days of operation from August 8-11, according to its operator Hanoi Metro Co, Ltd.

With only three days left before the official launch of the Nhon-Hanoi metro line's elevated section, many stations are still in a state of disarray, covered in dust and debris, with rainwater pooling in some areas.

The Nhon - Hanoi Station metro line, part of Hanoi's urban railway project, is set to begin commercial operations on August 9, following several delays.

Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line has missed the deadline for its elevated section again, after failing to go into commercial operation on July 28.

Ho Chi Minh City has unveiled an ambitious plan requiring over 870 trillion VND (over 34 billion USD) to complete six metro lines spanning 183 kilometers by 2035.

The Nhon-Hanoi Station Urban Railway (metro) project has yet to transport any passengers, despite plans to commence commercial operations in June.

The two largest cities of Vietnam, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, are developing plans to mobilise capital for constructing an extensive urban railway (metro) network by 2035.

Speaking on the long-delayed Metro Line 1, which remains incomplete after nearly 20 years, Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen declared the situation "unacceptable."

The trial run of Metro Line 1 in Ho Chi Minh City faces the possibility of being postponed until November 2024, instead of the initially planned date of October, due to delays in progress by the contractor Hitachi.

Japan’s Hitachi, the contractor carrying out the Contract Package 3 for the HCM City’s Metro Line 1, has requested compensation from the investor for project-related additional costs amounting to nearly VND4 trillion (US$153.3 million).