Ho Chi Minh City aims to connect bus and metro tickets

MINH QUÂN |

Ho Chi Minh City is promoting important steps to connect the ticketing system between buses and metro, creating favorable conditions for people when using public transport.

Currently, the bus ticket system in the city includes two main types: Single-trip tickets and pre-sold tickets (also known as annual tickets). With single-trip tickets, passengers can choose prices from 5,000 to 7,000 VND depending on the distance, or 3,000 VND for students. Meanwhile, annual tickets (valid until December 31 of the year of issue) cost from 112,500 VND to 157,500 VND/book of 30 tickets, helping passengers save from 38,000 to 52,000 VND compared to regular single-trip tickets.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center, recently, the center has coordinated with relevant units to pilot automatic payment on 38/90 subsidized bus routes (accounting for 42.2% of the system's subsidized bus routes), using entirely corporate capital (not using the Ho Chi Minh City budget).

Passengers can pay with Unipass card, QR code via Unispass application in Zalopay and bank cards of 24 domestic banks. This contactless system does not require PIN code and also accepts VietQR payment code, providing a more convenient and modern payment experience.

Through a cooperation program with the UK within the framework of the project to build a smart ticket system for public transport, Ho Chi Minh City has built a technical standards framework for an automatic ticket collection system. These standards apply advanced technologies such as EMV, QR code, physical cards and electronic wallets, similar to popular technologies in the world. The new system will support diverse payment methods such as public transport cards, domestic bank cards, international credit cards, QR codes and also create conditions for applying flexible fare policies such as daily tickets, weekly tickets, monthly tickets.

This technical framework also serves as a foundation for integrating other public transport services such as metro, river bus and future public transport routes. Through this, passengers can easily transfer routes without using many separate tickets, helping to increase convenience and save costs for people.

Currently, the habit of using cash for payment is still popular among bus users, causing many difficulties in implementing the interoperable electronic ticket system. To change this habit, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center has proposed using 358 billion VND from the city budget to hire automatic ticket collection services on buses for the period 2024-2029. The system is expected to be equipped with hardware and software, serving about 2,000 buses, while the software is capable of operating 5,000 vehicles at the same time, meeting the needs of service development in the future.

In response to the above proposal, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong directed the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport to urgently coordinate with relevant departments and agencies to conduct a detailed assessment. The city requested a review of the project's suitability with the city's plans, resolutions, and digital transformation programs; forecast the socio-economic impacts of the automatic ticket collection system and ensure synchronization with other public transport such as river buses and metro rail.

MINH QUÂN
TIN LIÊN QUAN

Electric passenger buses officially launched in Nha Trang

|

Khanh Hoa - The locality has agreed on the policy of organizing an electric bus route on the streets of Nha Trang without subsidies from the state budget.

Official list of 51 wards of Hanoi after the merger

|

Hanoi City has 126 commune-level administrative units, including 51 wards and 75 communes after the arrangement and merger.

Drainage project is under construction, people in Thu Duc City suffer from bad roads and traffic jams

|

HCMC - The Nguyen Duy Trinh drainage project is under construction for a long time, causing the roads to be flooded, muddy, and congested during the rainy season, causing difficulties for people.

Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Thai Thu Xuong congratulates Lao Dong Newspaper

|

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press (June 21,25 - June 21, 2025), on the afternoon of June 16, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Thai Thu Xuong and a working delegation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor came to congratulate the collective of cadres, reporters and employees of Lao Dong Newspaper.

The reason why People's Artist Tu Long apologized to the audience after 6 nights of performance

|

People's Artist Tu Long and many artists were choked up in emotion when witnessing the support of the audience for Call Me by Fire.

Being honored at the Vietnam Glory 2025 program is a proud surprise

|

A representative of the General Department of Defense Industry said that being honored at the Vietnam Glory 2025 program was a proud surprise.

Nhân viên xe buýt khống chế kịp thời đối tượng móc túi

Trân Châu |

Ngày 12.11, Tổng Công ty Vận tải Hà Nội (Transerco) khen thưởng lái, phụ xe buýt phát hiện, khống chế đối tượng móc túi lấy điện thoại của hành khách.

Sinh viên Hà Nội đi xe buýt 80km/ngày để tiết kiệm tiền trọ

Nhật Minh |

Hà Nội - Do giá trọ tại Hà Nội tăng cao, nhiều sinh viên lựa chọn việc di chuyển quãng đường hàng chục km bằng xe buýt để tới trường mỗi ngày.

Electric passenger buses officially launched in Nha Trang

Hữu Long |

Khanh Hoa - The locality has agreed on the policy of organizing an electric bus route on the streets of Nha Trang without subsidies from the state budget.