According to the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center, after 4 months of piloting (from July 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025), shuttle buses for officials from Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau (formerly) have completed the goal of supporting the travel needs of civil servants and public employees working at the Ho Chi Minh City Administrative Center.
From November 1, the city put into operation two new bus routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau (formerly) to serve the needs of cadres, civil servants, public employees and people.
Route No. 171 has the route from Phu Chanh Bus Station to Binh Duong Administrative Center - Ben Thanh, 46 km long, with a travel time of about 100 minutes/trip. The bus operates from 5:30 to 10:25 every day, with a total of 42 trips.
Vehicles used are vehicles with 16 seats or more, with air conditioners, orange paint. The stops to pick up and drop off customers using existing infrastructure have added some key points such as Binh Duong Administrative Center (Le Loi Street), Becamex Building (230 Dai Lo Binh Duong), Binh Duong General Hospital (No. 5 Pham Ngoc Thach) and Lotte Mart supermarket (The Seasons urban area).
Ticket prices are calculated by route: Under 15 km is 15,000 VND; from 15 - 30 km is 30,000 VND; over 30 km, traveling along the route is 70,000 VND.
The 172 bus route has a route from Vung Tau Bus Station to Ba Ria - Vung Tau Administrative Center - Ben Thanh, with a length of 97 km, travel time of about 130 minutes/trip.
The bus operates from 4:30 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Vung Tau wharf and from 6:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. at Saigon Bus Station, a total of 38 trips per day.
Vehicles are vehicles with 16 seats or more, with air conditioners, painted in synchronous orange. In addition to existing stops, the route adds Gateway apartment building (Nguyen Huu Canh street), Coopmart Vung Tau supermarket (36 Nguyen Thai Hoc), Ba Ria - Vung Tau Administrative Center (Bach Dang street) and Coopmart Tan Thanh supermarket (National Highway 51).
Ticket prices are regulated according to the distance: Under 30 km is 30,000 VND; from 30 - 50 km is 50,000 VND; from 50 - 80 km is 80,000 VND; over 80 km, traveling along the route is 110,000 VND.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has 176 bus routes with 2,386 vehicles, of which 108 routes are subsidized.
By 2030, the bus network is expected to expand to 297 routes with 3,617 vehicles, a sharp increase in scale and service scope.
Of these, 1,474 vehicles belong to newly opened routes, including: 1,108 vehicles on new routes in the Ho Chi Minh City area before the merger; 318 vehicles on 15 restored routes and 38 new routes in Binh Duong; 48 vehicles on 8 new routes in Ba Ria - Vung Tau (3 routes in Con Dao expected to be deployed in 2026).
