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Metro Line 1 (Bến Thành–Suối Tiên)Tuyến metro số 1 (Bến Thành – Suối Tiên)

HCMC’s first urban-rail line: 19.7 km and 14 stations from the centre to Thủ Đức.

6/7 · Operational · Đang vận hànhLast observed 31 Oct 20262 sources
Readiness ladder · Thang sẵn sàng
Why this stage

Metro Line 1 was officially put into operation on 23 December 2024.

Fact  23 Dec 2024 · Government News

Next rung — Usable for business: Evidence that firms can actually use it — services, permissions, schedules or transactions.

Schematic map of Southern Vietnam infrastructure projects by readiness stageApproximate positions of tracked projects in and around Ho Chi Minh City, coloured by observed delivery stage. Not for navigation.ĐỒNG NAITÂY NINHĐỒNG THÁPHỒ CHÍ MINH CITYEast SeaThủ Thiêm–Long Thành Railway — In planHCMC Ring Road 3 — Under constructionHCMC Ring Road 4 — Under constructionMetro Line 2 (Bến Thành–Tham Lương) — Under constructionHCMC–Mộc Bài Expressway — Under constructionHCMC–Thủ Dầu Một–Chơn Thành Expressway — Under constructionBiên Hòa–Vũng Tàu Expressway — Partly operationalBến Lức–Long Thành Expressway — OperationalHCMC–Long Thành–Dầu Giây Expressway (widening) — OperationalMetro Line 1 (Bến Thành–Suối Tiên) — OperationalHCMC coreThủ ĐứcBiên HòaThủ Dầu MộtBàu BàngPhú MỹVũng TàuBến LứcHiệp PhướcCủ ChiLong Thành International Airport (phase 1) — Under constructionCái Mép–Thị Vải deep-water port cluster — Usable for businessCần Giờ International Transshipment Port — Investor / contractor selectedNhơn Trạch 3 & 4 LNG power plants — OperationalHCMC Free Trade Zone (Cái Mép Hạ) — ApprovedVietnam International Financial Centre (HCMC) — OperationalDirect power purchase (DPPA) rules — ApprovedLNG Long Sơn power project — Approved
Observed stage
In plan
Approved
Investor / contractor selected
Under construction
Partly operational
Operational
Usable for business
Site / institution
Schematic, approximate geometry for orientation — not navigation or project alignments. Pole circles follow the structure of the HCMC master plan; they are not official boundaries. Observation run 31 Oct 2026.
Milestones · Mốc kế hoạch và thực tế

Planned against achieved

MilestonePlanned / targetAchievedStatusSource
Commercial operationDec 202423 Dec 2024AchievedGovernment News
Evidence · Bằng chứng

What the record shows

  • Reported
    19 May 2026
    About 8.86 million passenger trips from 1 January to 19 May 2026 (roughly 64,000 a day), against a headline figure of more than 20.5 million. VIRO could not read the full article — the publisher serves a bot check — so whether 20.5 million is a 2025 total or a cumulative total since opening is not established.
  • Fact
    23 Dec 2024
    The line has 14 stations over 19.7 km and 17 three-car trains carrying 930 passengers each. Investment was VND 43.7 trillion; the project was approved in 2007 and took 17 years to reach service.
Unknown · Chưa rõ
  • Current ridership against design capacity.
  • Whether the 20.5 million figure is annual or cumulative.
VIRO analysis

The only operating line of the 255 km network the draft plan targets for 2030.

Serves
Pole 1 · International core
Pole 2 · Eastern innovation pole
Corridor · North–South corridor
Poles & corridors →
Sources · Nguồn

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