The company signed the memorandum with the city's Department of Construction on June 12. Under the deal, the two sides will study infrastructure planning, develop technical standards and codes, train personnel, transfer technology, and share investment information to identify suitable projects.
CPCG committed to prioritizing Vietnamese partners and using domestic goods and services on any projects it joins.
The interest reflects how steep the city's ambitions have become, and how the cast of builders is changing. Ho Chi Minh City's first line, the nearly 20 km Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien route, opened in December 2024 after what city officials described as 17 years of planning and 12 years of construction, financed largely by Japanese loans and built by Japanese contractors.
The city now aims to complete about 200 km of urban rail by 2030.
A train on Metro Line 1, Ho Chi Minh City's first metro line. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
