HCMC speeds up the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Metro, investment plan to be submitted in September

The HCMC People’s Committee has asked departments to complete their tasks and submit the investment plan for the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh urban railway as an urgent case, by 13/9. The document was signed by Vice Chairman Hoang Nguyen Dinh and sent to the departments and Dai Quang Minh Real Estate Investment JSC.

Directives

• The Department of Construction is to advise and draft a submission to the City Party Committee’s Standing Board on the investment policy as an urgent case, while completing the review of the technology option.
• The Department of Agriculture and Environment is to work with the proposing investor to review and propose the list of land funds expected to pay for the BT contract.
• The Department of Finance is to draft a submission for the HCMC People’s Committee to present the investment plan to the City People’s Council at its next session, expected in September 2026.
• The draft must clarify responsibility for allocating the budget or land funds to pay for items under Dong Nai City’s management.

Route specifications under the study option

• About 47 km long, with about 11.5 km in HCMC and nearly 36 km in Dong Nai City.
• 18 stations, including 2 underground and 16 elevated; it starts at Thu Thiem station and ends at Cam Duong depot.
• Maximum capacity of nearly 47,000 passengers per hour, averaging over 23,400 passengers per hour per direction.
• GoA4 automation; maximum design speed 120 km/h, operating at 80–110 km/h depending on the section.
• Total investment of 134,000 billion VND under a PPP BT contract; the investor raises capital and is paid with land funds combined with the state budget.
• Implementation from 2026, expected completion in 2030.
• Thu Thiem station on the Ben Thanh – Thu Thiem Metro line is also the starting point of the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh line.

The project had been planned to break ground on 2/7 and then on 2/9, but the plan was postponed as investment preparations were behind schedule.