Comments on: Vietnam Approved $1.25 Billion Metro Line in Ho Chi Minh City

By: Rail Signal Solution

Rail Signal Solution — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:35:27 +0000

Great news. Subway will help a lot.
Hopefully, my company gets a contract with them. Would be great to go back and work there, wouldn’t it?

By: HCMC’s Congestion as an Opportunity to Refocus | Vietnam Talking Points

HCMC’s Congestion as an Opportunity to Refocus | Vietnam Talking Points — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:42:55 +0000

[...] to efficiently update the city’s transportation infrastructure, such as the $1.25 billion metro line that was recently approved, and minimize down-time as much as possible. Furthermore, new [...]

By: Le-Quyen Le

Le-Quyen Le — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:45:29 +0000

@2VER — I think you’re absolutely correct in voicing these concerns, which will arise throughout the planning, construction and operating stages. The government will need to address these issues and we hope to follow up on this development with more concrete data should they be published.

By: 2VER

2VER — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:11 +0000

It’s great news that Vietnam is making progress; however, I’m skeptical of the project. How will they build the underground metro especially when Vietnam faces monsoon seasons annually? Unlike the US, Vietnam doesn’t have the drainage system infrastructure to prevent flooding during raining seasons. Will the project guarantee standard operations, or standard responses to emergency?

Even if the project is up to par, will the Vietnamese willing to give up their mopeds for the metro and what is the ridership required to offset the loan? Also, long term problems may arise such as squatters and crime violence around the stations; how will government prevent those?

Of course, now is the time to spend on the country’s infrastructures like major industrialized countries, but an evaluation of possible risks could lowered Vietnam’s losses.

By: James H. Bao

James H. Bao — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:57:50 +0000

It’s about time!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:09:54 +0000

Oh my gosh. This is WONDERFUL NEWS! So many problems can be addressed with the installment of a subway system. I wonder if we have the technical know how to do something like this. This seems like a 10 year project or something haha.