HCM City, July 11 -- Ho Chi Minh City is experiencing a surge of both domestic and foreign private investment into its urban rail projects, offering a great opportunity for the city to develop a modern public transport network and save budget. Among the upcoming lines, Metro Line 2 (Ben Thanh - Tham Luong) is attracting the most attention from investors. The 11-km route will connect the city centre with the northwest area, with a total estimated cost of over 2.1 billion USD. A consortium comprising Deo Ca Group and Fecon (Vietnam), and PowerChina and Sucgi (China) has recently proposed investing in Line 2 and other urban rail projects across the city. Earlier, Truong Hai Group (Thaco) proposed investing in Line 2's Tham Luong - Ben Thanh an...