The Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) are accelerating research and development into an international super-container trans-shipment port in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City, worth more than $870 million. This superport will sit on 570 ha, have a main wharf stretching 6.8 km, be capable of berthing ships of 250,000 DWT, and have a capacity of handling 15 million TEUs.

The Vinh Phuc ICD Logistics Center, construction of which began on December 24, will be the first “superport” within a smart logistics network in the ASEAN region, on an area of 83 ha and with total investment of VND3.9 trillion ($170.7 million). The port will function as a Distribution Center (DC) and Inland Container Depot (ICD).