The largest road in the South
Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 is the last belt line approved for investment in the inter-regional transport system of Ho Chi Minh City. This is also the route with the largest length, scale and total investment ever in the Southeast region.
The project has a total length of about 207km, passing through 5 old localities including Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An. After merging administrative boundaries, the route now passes through three provinces and cities including Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh.
Notably, although the section passing through the old Ho Chi Minh City is only about 17km long, after merging with Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Duong, the length of the section passing through Ho Chi Minh City has increased to nearly 83km - the longest in the entire route.
Ring Road 4 is not only an inter-regional expressway, but also plays a key traffic axis connecting the three leading dynamic economic centers in the country. The route is expected to develop Ho Chi Minh City into an international supercity according to the multi-center - multi-polar model.
This expressway will connect with the central traffic axes, form a complete traffic network, connect Ho Chi Minh City with the provinces of Southeast, Central Highlands, South Central, Southwest and expand to Cambodia.
In addition, the route also helps connect satellite cities with Ho Chi Minh City; connect seaport systems (Cai Mep - Thi Vai, Can Gio international transit port, Hiep Phuoc, Long An), ICD system, inland waterway ports, industrial parks, export processing zones... thereby forming industrial and logistics belts for the entire southern region.
Speed up progress, apply special mechanisms
Currently, the 47.95km section of Ring Road 4 through the old Binh Duong province, with a total investment of more than VND 11,700 billion, has started construction in June 2025. The remaining sections, about 160km long, passing through Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, with a total investment of about VND 120,412 billion, have just been approved by the National Assembly for investment.
According to the plan, the project will start construction in 2026 and be completed before 2030. Ho Chi Minh City hopes that, along with the closure of Ring Road 2 and the completion of Ring Road 3, the vertical, vertical traffic system and upgraded national highways and urban main roads will create a strategic infrastructure framework, helping the entire region " take off".
To speed up progress, the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4 project is subject to many specific mechanisms, such as decentralization, delegation of authority to localities for implementation and responsibility as for group A projects under the Law on Public Investment.
Localities are assigned to bid for consulting packages, adjusting planning, and constructing infrastructure for resettlement areas to serve site clearance; at the same time, simplify mining procedures, shorten the time for providing construction materials, and serve construction works.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, the entire Ring Road 4 route is expected to use about 1,415 hectares of land, affecting about 5,862 households. The preliminary cost for compensation, support and resettlement is estimated at about VND 41,090 billion.
Immediately after the investment policy was approved, the localities where the road passes through urgently reviewed and developed plans for site clearance, ensuring clean land funds to keep up with construction progress.
