The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee recently decided to develop the city’s seaport infrastructure system and will plan and invest in its transport infrastructure, inland port system and logistics centres accordingly. By 2050, average annual growth rates of the goods and passenger throughputs are set to be at 3.5-3.8 per cent and 0.9-1 per cent respectively.
According to the master plan for developing Vietnam’s seaport system between 2021 and 2030 with a vision to 2050, there will be five groups of seaports. Group 4 consists of those in HCM City, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong and Long An.
The municipal seaport and others in the country’s Group 4 project their goods and passenger throughputs will reach 461-540 million tonnes and 1.7-1.8 million respectively by 2030, a news agency reported.
The city will also coordinate with the transport ministry to plan international passenger ports associated with key tourism development regions and invest in building an international transshipment container port in Can Gio district.