Focus on completing 6 road projects
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, the entire Southeast region currently has 6 road projects being implemented to enhance connectivity to Long Thanh airport.
The 207 km long Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 project, connecting the three localities of Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, is in the investment preparation stage, expected to start construction between 2026 and be completed in 2028.
At the same time, five large projects with a total length of about 238 km are also being accelerated.
The Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway is targeted to be completed by the end of 2025, while the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway is expected to be put into operation in September 2026.
The Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh Expressway is also being expanded, with most of the volume completed in 2026, while Long Thanh Bridge will be completed in the first quarter of 2027.
Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 will be technically open to traffic and will open 70.1 km of the route on December 19, 2025. By April 30, 2026, Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 will open 24.2 km of highways and 45.9 km of technical traffic. By June 30, 2026, the entire Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project will be completed and opened to traffic.
Provincial Road 25C - an important route connecting Long Thanh airport - has completed 7.6 km and is under construction for an additional 6.4 km, expected to be completed in 2025, except for the 2.65 km section waiting for site clearance.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, by 2026, the Southeast region will complete about 394/598 km of the Ring Road and Expressway.
By 2028, the Ring Road, Expressway and National Highway system will be basically completed, creating an inter-regional transport infrastructure framework in accordance with the plan.
Promoting the railway system to serve Long Thanh airport
In addition to roads, railway connection is considered a strategic solution to reduce the burden on ground traffic and improve passenger and cargo transport capacity.
For the national railway, the Ministry of Construction is preparing to invest in two projects: the North-South high-speed railway line starting construction at the end of 2026 and completed in 2035 and the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau route.
Ho Chi Minh City also assigned Becamex Corporation to study the cargo railway line combined with passengers from Bau Bang to Cai Mep, to serve the industrial - logistics development of the whole region, expected to start construction in 2027 and be completed before 2035.
Regarding urban railways, Ho Chi Minh City has identified three main corridors directly connecting to Long Thanh airport.
The first route is metro line 2 connecting Ben Thanh - Tham Luong and the section extending to Thu Thiem, then connecting to Long Thanh. The Ben Thanh - Tham Luong section is being implemented with public investment capital, starting on January 15, 2026 and completing in 2030.
The Ben Thanh - Thu Thiem section and the Thu Thiem - Long Thanh route have been approved by the Prime Minister to be adjusted to an urban railway, with Ho Chi Minh City being the investment manager. The city has assigned Truong Hai Group to propose a project under the PPP method, aiming to start construction in 2026 and put into operation in 2030.
The second corridor is metro line No. 6, invested publicly by Ho Chi Minh City, prioritized before the Tan Son Nhat - Phu Huu section to connect directly with the Thu Thiem - Long Thanh route. This route also aims to start construction in 2026 and be completed in 2030.
The third corridor is metro line 1 extending from Suoi Tien to the new Dong Nai Administrative Center and Long Thanh airport. Of which, Ho Chi Minh City will build metro line 6 while Dong Nai will be the competent authority for the metro line extension 1. The goal is to complete the entire corridor by 2030.
