Construction ERP software for contractors in Ho Chi Minh City
ERP Infra tracks purchase, stock, labour, machinery and cost on every site, and flags what does not add up the same day. Below is what is being built in Ho Chi Minh City and where projects there tend to lose money.
Construction in Ho Chi Minh City, in brief
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Metro Line 2 (Ben Thanh to Tham Luong) is about 11.3 km with 10 underground stations and one elevated station, and was scheduled for groundbreaking on 15 January 2026 at a cost of roughly VND 57,000 billion, funded by the city budget.
Source: VietnamNet, 2025 -
Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh to Suoi Tien, 14 stations) began commercial operation on 22 December 2024 and carried more than 18 million journeys in the first nine months of 2026.
Source: VietnamNet, 2026 -
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Construction reference prices in July 2026 put construction sand at VND 450,000 to 480,000 per cubic metre, and Tuoi Tre reported sand and crushed stone up as much as 73% and 63% year on year, leaving contractors on fixed-price contracts signed in late 2025 facing growing losses.
Source: Tuoi Tre News, 2026
The work that dominates
- underground and elevated metro lines
- expressways and ring roads
- high-rise residential and commercial buildings
Where Ho Chi Minh City projects tend to lose money
Every quotation ranked on landed cost.
Sand and crushed stone prices rose by up to 73% and 63% year on year in 2026, according to Tuoi Tre reporting on city price data.
How it worksBudget, committed and actual, per site, every day.
Fixed-price contracts signed in late 2025 are now loss-making for some contractors as material prices climb.
How it worksIssued against needed. The excess is flagged.
With bulk materials at record prices, loss and wastage of sand, stone and steel on site cost more than before.
How it worksFigures in the screens above are sample data.
Terms used on Ho Chi Minh City sites
The words differ from place to place; the records behind them are the same.
- Department of Construction (Sở Xây dựng)
- The city body that publishes reference prices for construction materials
- site clearance and compensation (giải phóng mặt bằng)
- Land clearance and compensation that must finish before works start
- VND billion / VND trillion
- Project values are normally quoted in billions or trillions of dong
Questions from Ho Chi Minh City
- Can contractors in Ho Chi Minh City use ERP Infra?
- Yes. ERP Infra is web-based: office staff use it in a browser and site staff in a phone browser, so it can be used on projects in Ho Chi Minh City. Demos and onboarding are done online by the Flip Retail team.
- Does ERP Infra have an office in Ho Chi Minh City?
- No. ERP Infra is made by Flip Retail, based in Jaipur, India. Work with companies in Ho Chi Minh City is done remotely, starting with a one-month pilot on one project.
- What should a construction company in Ho Chi Minh City check before choosing an ERP?
- Check that it is organised by project and site, that site staff can use it on a phone, and that it can show the same evening what a site cost and whether material used matched the work done. Then ask for a pilot on one of your own projects before committing.
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