New Eastern Bus Terminus (
Vietnamese: ''Bến xe Miền Đông mới'') is the largest bus station in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, located in
Dĩ An
Dĩ An is a city of Bình Dương Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, about 20 km north of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). It is 1,706 km by rail from Hanoi. At the 2009 census the city had a population of 73,859. The tow ...
,
Bình Dương Province. The station opened in April 2020, and is aimed at reducing congestion at the
Eastern Bus Station in
Binh Thanh District.
During the first three months, the old station would remain open and the new station was only used by long distance routes of over 1,100 km.
In March 2021,
VnExpress
''VnExpress'' is a Vietnamese online newspaper, run by FPT Group. It was the first newspaper in Vietnam that was not produced in paper format. reported that in one week, just 360 passengers used the station.
[{{Cite web , title=Vietnam's largest bus terminal struggles to shift gears , url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-s-largest-bus-terminal-struggles-to-shift-gears-4254615.html , url-status=live , access-date=2021-05-12 , website=VnExpress International , language=en] On an average day, only 20 buses departed from the station. The 17 km distance from the old bus station near the city center, combined with lacking connections to the station, led passengers to avoid the new station. The adjacent
metro station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency eva ...
was still a year away from opening.
References
Buildings and structures in Ho Chi Minh City
Transport in Ho Chi Minh City