{"id":20554,"date":"2026-09-23T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:03:02","slug":"ho-chi-minh-city-advances-metro-projects-worth-us9-7bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554","title":{"rendered":"Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city\u2019s Urban Railway Management Board is preparing the New Binh Duong City\u2013Suoi Tien line, the Thu Dau Mot\u2013central Ho Chi Minh City route and Phase 1 of Metro Line 6 between Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Phu Huu.<\/p>\n<p>Official city information puts the three projects at a combined preliminary investment of around VND254.5tn (US$9.7bn).<\/p>\n<p>Metro Line 6 is of particular interest to the tunnelling sector. The proposed Tan Son Nhat\u2013Phu Huu section is approximately 23km long and would provide a new east-west public transport connection between the airport and eastern Ho Chi Minh City.<\/p>\n<p>The city is also progressing the approximately 31.6km New Binh Duong City\u2013Suoi Tien metro, currently estimated at VND55tn, and the longer Thu Dau Mot\u2013Ho Chi Minh City route.<\/p>\n<p>Ho Chi Minh City has instructed its project teams to complete route and station planning, feasibility studies and front-end engineering as part of an accelerated approval programme. The projects are intended to move into construction from the end of 2026, with completion targeted around 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The schemes form part of a much larger expansion of the city\u2019s urban railway network, which is planned to reach around 187km by 2030 and ultimately approximately 700km.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed tunnelling quantities, station excavation methods and individual civil works packages have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city\u2019s Urban Railway Management Board is preparing the New Binh Duong City\u2013Suoi Tien line, the Thu Dau Mot\u2013central Ho Chi Minh City route and Phase 1 of Metro Line 6 between Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Phu Huu. Official city information puts the three projects at a combined preliminary investment of around VND254.5tn (US$9.7bn). Metro Line 6 is of particular interest to the tunnelling sector. The proposed Tan Son Nhat\u2013Phu Huu section is approximately 23km long and would provide a new east-west public transport connection between the airport and eastern Ho Chi Minh City. The city is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4001],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contract-projects","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tunnelingworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rosebell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rosebell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"rosebell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba\"},\"headline\":\"Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Image-1-6.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Contract\\\/projects\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554\",\"name\":\"Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Image-1-6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba\"},\"description\":\"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Image-1-6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Image-1-6.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Ho Chi Minh City metro projects\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=20554#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tunnelingworld\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba\",\"name\":\"rosebell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"rosebell\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects","description":"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects","og_description":"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.","og_url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554","og_site_name":"Tunnelingworld","article_published_time":"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"rosebell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rosebell","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554"},"author":{"name":"rosebell","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba"},"headline":"Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn","datePublished":"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554"},"wordCount":227,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg","articleSection":["Contract\/projects"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554","url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554","name":"Ho Chi Minh City Advances US$9.7bn Metro Projects","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-23T11:03:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba"},"description":"Ho Chi Minh City is advancing three metro projects worth US$9.7bn, covering almost 90km and targeting construction starts from late 2026.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-1-6.jpg","width":1920,"height":1440,"caption":"Ho Chi Minh City metro projects"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=20554#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ho Chi Minh City advances metro projects worth US$9.7bn"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/","name":"Tunnelingworld","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d2f4182b445645aa0b79f3f43560eba","name":"rosebell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40b92c3f35ab56dec639479a669ce3f5158c2ac3b5cf54852fc3df01779a0812?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rosebell"},"url":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20556,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20554\/revisions\/20556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}