The first batch of carriages departs Kasado port in Japan before arriving at Khanh Hoi port in HCM City. Once up and running, metro route No.1 from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien theme park in District 9 will feature a total of 17 trains, all of which are made in Japan. Each train will be 61.5 metres long and will be capable of carrying 930 passengers at a time.

Nguyen Quoc Hung, deputy director of Sai Gon Port JSC, talks about plans to receive the first batch of carriages with the media.

The carriages are transported aboard the Bayani which spends eight days traveling from Japan before arriving in HCM City on October 8.

It takes approximately a day to unload the carriages for the HCM City metro line No. 1.

A 32-m long trailer is used to transport the carriages from Khanh Hoi port in District 4 to Long Binh depot in District 9.

Originally the carriages had been scheduled to arrive in early April, although the plans were disrupted due to global travel restrictions relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.