A section of the Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line
Slow disbursement is still the main cause for the delay. A USD250m loan from China still hasn't been disbursed because of legal issues. The pilot running of the metro line was previously set for October then to the coming April. Official operations were slated to begin in the second quarter of 2018 after several delays.
However, the trial run has been postponed until next September, and the official run has also been set back to next November.
"The metro line is 95% completed but we are having troubles with the equipment. Slow disbursement has badly affected other contractors and their packages," said the representative of the Ministry of Transport.
The 13km metro line has 12 elevated stations and has cost USD868m. The China Railway Sixth Group Co, Ltd has started transferring the trains to Vietnam. All 13 trains will be delivered this year.
