Trains for the first metro line project in HCMC are expected to be transported from Japan to Vietnam before October 5, according to the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), which suggested that relevant agencies team up with the project’s contractor to facilitate efforts to bring the trains home.
After that, between October 10 and 12, a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of the trains is scheduled to take place at Long Binh Depot in the city’s District 9, reported Tuoi Tre Online newspaper.