Vingroup Group has proposed to the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Department of Transport a high-speed urban railway project connecting the center of Ho Chi Minh City with Can Gio.
Specifically, according to the document, Vingroup proposed a project with its starting point on Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard (Tan Phu Ward, District 7), following Nguyen Luong Bang Street, and the endpoint located at a 39-hectare land plot adjacent to the Can Gio Sea Reclamation Urban Area project (Long Hoa Commune, Can Gio District). The project is designed as a double-track line with a gauge of 1,435 mm each, elevated with a total length of 48.5 km.
The metro line will have 2 depots: 1 Depot is expected to be located in District 7 on a 20-hectare land plot, and 1 Depot is expected to be located on a 39-hectare land plot in Long Hoa Commune, Can Gio District.
The project is planned to be implemented from 2026 to 2028. The line’s capacity will be able to transport 30,000 – 40,000 passengers per direction per hour.
Sac Forest route in Can Gio. (Photo: Luong Y)
In terms of investment mode, Vingroup proposed to invest in the form of a public-private partnership, using the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) contract, where Vingroup will invest in construction with its capital and mobilized capital in accordance with the law, own and operate the project after completion.
Vingroup requested the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to consider and approve and direct relevant units to support and guide the implementation of related tasks to soon complete the investment and construction of the project.
Previously, on January 4, at the announcement of the Ho Chi Minh City Planning, the Prime Minister said that he had assigned Vingroup to study the construction of an underground transport system from the center of Ho Chi Minh City to Can Gio.
Can Gio is the only district of Ho Chi Minh City that borders the sea, located about 50km from the city center. The district has a total area of over 71,300 hectares, of which more than 70% is mangrove forest and canals. To get to Can Gio from the city center, visitors have only one option, which is to travel from the mainland to Binh Khanh ferry (Nha Be district) and then along Sac Forest Road.
Ho Chi Minh City is orienting Can Gio to become a regional and international-scale tourist urban area. In January 2025, the city approved a 1/500 detailed plan for a 2,870-hectare Can Gio sea tourism urban area with a total expected investment of nearly US$9 billion, and at the same time, it is expected to build the Can Gio International Transit Port project with a total investment of US$4.8 billion in 2025.
In the content of the report of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the proposal to develop the metro according to Conclusion No. 49 of the Politburo on the orientation for developing Vietnam’s railway transport by 2030, with a vision to 2045, Ho Chi Minh City proposed to invest and complete 7 metro lines with a total length of about 355 km by 2035, with an investment of over US$40.21 billion. By 2045, the city will complete an additional 155 km, bringing the total length to about 510 km.
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