VIROVietnam Infrastructure Readiness Observatory
Projects / Seaport

Cái Mép–Thị Vải deep-water port clusterCụm cảng nước sâu Cái Mép – Thị Vải

Vietnam’s main deep-water gateway in the south, with direct services to the US and Europe.

7/7 · Usable for business · Dùng được cho doanh nghiệpLast observed 8 Sep 20262 sources
Readiness ladder · Thang sẵn sàng
Why this stage

The cluster handled 3.9 million TEU in H1 2026 and Saigon Newport/TCIT reported 53 direct international services.

Reported  1 Aug 2026 · Saigon Newport / TCIT

Top of the ladder. VIRO keeps checking that services remain available.

Schematic map of Southern Vietnam infrastructure projects by readiness stageApproximate positions of tracked projects in and around Ho Chi Minh City, coloured by observed delivery stage. Not for navigation.ĐỒNG NAITÂY NINHĐỒNG THÁPHỒ CHÍ MINH CITYEast SeaThủ Thiêm–Long Thành Railway — In planHCMC Ring Road 3 — Under constructionHCMC Ring Road 4 — Under constructionMetro Line 2 (Bến Thành–Tham Lương) — Under constructionHCMC–Mộc Bài Expressway — Under constructionHCMC–Thủ Dầu Một–Chơn Thành Expressway — Under constructionBiên Hòa–Vũng Tàu Expressway — Partly operationalBến Lức–Long Thành Expressway — OperationalHCMC–Long Thành–Dầu Giây Expressway (widening) — OperationalMetro Line 1 (Bến Thành–Suối Tiên) — OperationalHCMC coreThủ ĐứcBiên HòaThủ Dầu MộtBàu BàngPhú MỹVũng TàuBến LứcHiệp PhướcCủ ChiLong Thành International Airport (phase 1) — Under constructionCái Mép–Thị Vải deep-water port cluster — Usable for businessCần Giờ International Transshipment Port — Investor / contractor selectedNhơn Trạch 3 & 4 LNG power plants — OperationalHCMC Free Trade Zone (Cái Mép Hạ) — ApprovedVietnam International Financial Centre (HCMC) — OperationalDirect power purchase (DPPA) rules — ApprovedLNG Long Sơn power project — Approved
Observed stage
In plan
Approved
Investor / contractor selected
Under construction
Partly operational
Operational
Usable for business
Site / institution
Schematic, approximate geometry for orientation — not navigation or project alignments. Pole circles follow the structure of the HCMC master plan; they are not official boundaries. Observation run 31 Oct 2026.
Milestones · Mốc kế hoạch và thực tế

Planned against achieved

MilestonePlanned / targetAchievedStatusSource
Direct Asia–Europe service (FE1)—18 Apr 2026AchievedSaigon Newport Corporation
Evidence · Bằng chứng

What the record shows

  • Reported
    1 Aug 2026
    3.9 million TEU passed through the cluster in H1 2026.
  • Reported
    1 Aug 2026
    53 direct international services were reported at the cluster. This is not a weekly frequency or a live schedule.
  • Reported
    18 Apr 2026
    TCIT welcomed the FE1 Asia–Europe service in April 2026.
Unknown · Chưa rõ
  • Terminal utilisation and dwell times.
VIRO analysis

The one gateway in the region that firms can already plan around. Its value grows as the roads behind it open to trucks.

Serves
Pole 5 · Southern port–FTZ–energy pole
Corridor · North–South corridor
Corridor · Southern coastal corridor
Poles & corridors →
Sources · Nguồn

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