The province has 13 rivers and canals with their total length exceeding 2,300 kilometres, and demand for waterway transport is huge, all ideal for developing ICDs.

Since 2018 the province has received the Ministry of Transport green light for eight ICDs, three in Bien Hoa City, two in Nhon Trach District and the others in Long Thanh, Trang Bom, and Long Khanh.

They have a container throughput of 3.4-4.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), and will fully meet demand from ports in HCM City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

But only two have been built so far, the 105-hectare Tan Cang-Long Binh ICD in Bien Hoa City and the 11-hectare Tan Cang-Nhon Trach ICD in Nhon Trach District.

The remaining six have not been completed.

The sluggish progress has been blamed on inadequate transportation, lack of roads between ports and difficulties related to investment procedures and land acquisition and compensation.

The 180-hectare Phuoc An ICD in Nhon Trach District, for instance, was approved in 2009, but the place where Phuoc An Port is to be built is currently a vast paddy field with a handful of workers reportedly filling some aquaculture ponds. Tens of hectares of the ponds have yet to be filled, Sài Gòn Giải Phóng newspaper reported.

In 2020 the provincial government approved the Long Thanh ICD in the district of the same name. A 22-hectare port was planned to be built by Long Thanh Logistics and Warehouse JSC, but the project has yet to begin. 

Source: Vietnam News