An a case study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Nguyen Thi Cam Van creator Perera, L.A.S. Ranjith Chairperson Vilas Nitivattananon Examination committee Kusakabe, Kyoko Examination Committee Canada (CIDA) Scholarship donor text series technical report th Pathum Thani, Thailand Asian Institute of Technology 2010 continuing eng 76 leaves : ill. Public transport has been playing a vital role in many cities, includingHCMC. Its operation brings benefits to the socio-economic development and the environmental quality improvement. This study, by employing the multi-benefits concept, tries to explore direct and indirect benefits that buses bring to the users, the operators and the city. State Preference Survey method is used to understand the perceptionsof users about bus service quality. Results show that buses do bring equity-oriented benefits to users in term of providing equally access from the availability of the service with cheap priceto both men and women. Calculations based on secondary data show the efficiency-oriented benefits of bus to the users in terms of consumer saving. The operation of bus also brings someprofits to the operators. The utilization of buses is meaningful for the city in term of space efficiency. Furthermore, using bus brings ecology-oriented benefits in term of emission reduction. Busis really an important public transport mode in HCMC since it bringsthe multi-benefits in equity-oriented, efficiency-oriented andecology-oriented benefits. Therefore, there should be policies and projects to expandand improvebus system in order to achieve more multi-benefits. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree of Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 Transportation Environmental aspects Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B04206 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B04206 101130 20260817162304.0