Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued an official dispatch publicizing information and receiving proposals for registration to implement the Can Gio International Transshipment Port project according to the strategic investor selection mechanism, based on Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 and Resolution No. 260/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly.
The city publicly announces the form of investor selection so that interested businesses have a basis to access, research and propose project implementation. The selection is carried out according to the mechanism of considering and approving strategic investors.
If only one investor proposes and fully meets the conditions according to regulations, the competent authority will consider and decide to choose.
In case two or more strategic investors jointly submit valid dossiers, within 7 days from the time of receiving the first valid dossier, the investment registration agency will report to the City People's Committee to issue scoring criteria, and at the same time establish an Appraisal Council to ensure publicity, transparency and fairness in the selection process.
The proposal dossier of the strategic investor is received from the date the notice is publicly posted on the City's Electronic Information Portal. The investment registration agency will not review and return the dossiers of investors submitted after 7 days from the date of receiving the valid dossier of the first investor.
Interested investors can submit dossiers at the Ho Chi Minh City Public Administration Service Center or through the National Public Service Portal as prescribed. The dossiers need to clearly show financial capacity, experience, investment plan, project implementation conditions and commitments to ensure compliance with Ho Chi Minh City's development orientation.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee encourages strategic investors with prestige, potential and international experience to participate in research and propose project implementation.
The Can Gio International Transshipment Port project was approved for investment policy by the Prime Minister in January 2025. The project is expected to be implemented in the Con Cho islet area, formerly Can Gio district, with an area of about 571 hectares of land. The total minimum investment is no less than 50,000 billion VND, and the operating period is 50 years from the date of the investment policy decision.
Previously, the project was proposed by a joint venture between Saigon Port Joint Stock Company and Terminal Investment Limited Holding S.A - a member company of the world's largest shipping line MSC.
According to the investor's proposal, the total investment of the project is about 113,500 billion VND (equivalent to 4.8 billion USD), divided into 7 phases over 22 years.
The period before 2030 is expected to invest in 2 - 4 wharf areas, with a budget of about 38,500 billion VND. The period from 2030 to 2045 will continue to be completed according to the approved plan, raising the total number to 13 - 15 wharf areas, with an estimated budget of about 89,500 billion VND.
When put into operation, Can Gio International Transshipment Port is expected to supplement the capacity of the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port system, contributing to making the Southern region a leading international freight transshipment center in the world.
The project is also assessed to have a large spillover effect on socio-economics, expected to create jobs for about 6,000 - 8,000 direct workers at the port, along with tens of thousands of workers in the fields of logistics services, logistics and related industries.
