Ben Thanh Market in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City is crowded with market-goers and visitors on weekends. Photo: Nhat Xuan / Tuoi Tre As the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is one month away, the ...

The opening of Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) first metro line generated a lot of excitement among the residents, with hundreds queuing at the Ben Thanh station for a free test ride. The city ...

VIETNAM: Ho Chi Minh City's 19·7 km metro Line 1 opened for commercial service at 10.00 on December 22 with free travel for ...

Ben Thanh Station in downtown Ho Chi Minh City was crowded with people at 10:30 am on December ... to a representative of the municipal Public Transportation Management Center, 150 electric buses ...

A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam’s largest city ... in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Viet Nam News. The line stretches from busy Ben Thanh market ...

Ho Chi Minh City: After years of funding shortages ... The metro line runs from the historic Ben Thanh Market in the city’s District 1 centre to the suburban Thu Duc City and Suoi Tien Amusement ...