British export credit agency plans support for Ho Chi Minh City airport rail link

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Ho Chi Minh City commuters skip the megacity’s traffic jams by taking a new metro train line. (Lien Hoang)

LIEN HOANG

September 16, 2026 11:50 JST

HO CHI MINH CITY — UK Export Finance (UKEF), Britain’s export credit agency, is planning up to $2.5 billion in financing to help Ho Chi Minh City extend its metro line to Long Thanh International Airport, Nikkei Asia has learned.