Planning of Lien Chieu ports ( Da Nang ). |
The attraction of the mega project
The process of finding worthy investors to invest in Lien Chieu container ports has just restarted with the People's Committee of Da Nang City sending Official Dispatch No. 314/UBND-STC to the Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Construction; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Ministry of Public Security and the State Bank, requesting appraisal opinions on the dossier requesting approval of the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Master Construction Project.
In the above dispatch, along with asking for appraisal opinions, the People's Committee of Da Nang City also requested the Ministry of Finance to provide specific guidance on the dossier and appraisal content for the proposal to approve the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Overall Construction Project.
On May 29, 2025, the Ministry of Finance received a valid dossier requesting approval of the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project of a consortium of three investors including Hateco Group Joint Stock Company, Hateco Seaport Company Limited (Hatecoport) and APM Terminals BV (Netherlands).
Lien Chieu wharf area planning
Planning to 2030:
+ Cargo throughput: from 8.7 million tons to 13.7 million tons.
+ Port scale: 5 - 8 newly built ports, with total length from 1,420 m to 2,820 m; 1 bulk cargo port with length of 100 m; 3 specialized buoys for relocation.
-Vision to 2050:
Lien Chieu port area has a planned overall development scale of 22 ports to meet the growing demand for goods, including: 8 liquid/gas ports; 8 container ports; 6 general cargo and bulk cargo ports, developing container cargo according to the planning period when needed.
After 2030, gradually convert the function of Tien Sa port into a tourist port in accordance with the investment and exploitation process of Lien Chieu port area.
Source: Detailed planning for the development of land and seaport areas in Da Nang for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
On June 4, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Dispatch No. 7804/BTC-DT requesting appraisal opinions from relevant ministries, branches and the People's Committee of Da Nang City regarding the application for approval of the investment policy of the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminal joint venture.
It is worth mentioning that, within 20 days from the date of receiving the valid dossier of the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminal consortium as the first investor, the Ministry of Finance received the dossier requesting approval of the investment policy of the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project from 2 other investor consortia.
Specifically, on June 10, 2025, the Ministry of Finance received a request for approval of the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project proposed by a consortium of investors including Vietnam National Shipping Lines and Terminal Investment Limited Holding - Luxembourg (the second investor).
This project has an investment location that coincides with the investment location of the project proposed by the first investor.
On June 17, 2025, the Ministry of Finance continued to receive the application for approval of the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Master Construction Project from the third investor consortium, including Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Company Limited (India) and T&T Group Joint Stock Company. This project also has an investment location that coincides with the investment location of the project proposed by the first and second investors.
Pursuant to the provisions of Point a, Clause 7, Article 29, Decree No. 31/2021/ND-CP of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Investment Law, the Ministry of Finance has issued Official Dispatch No. 9236/BTC-DT dated June 26, 2025 to the above investors (and also to the People's Committee of Da Nang City) notifying the implementation of procedures for approving the investment policy and selecting investors for the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project in accordance with the provisions of Clause 7, Article 29, Decree No. 31/2021/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Investment Law.
However, on June 25, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Bidding; Law on Investment under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model; Law on Customs; Law on Value Added Tax; Law on Export Tax and Import Tax; Law on Investment; Law on Public Investment; Law on Management and Use of Public Assets (Law No. 90/2025/QH15), effective from July 1, 2025.
At point e, clause 1, Article 32, Law on Investment amended and supplemented at point b, clause 8, Article 6, Law No. 90/2025/QH15, the Project is under the authority to approve investment policy of Da Nang City People's Committee.
This is also the reason why the People's Committee of Da Nang City had to issue Official Dispatch No. 314/UBND-STC to request appraisal opinions on the Lien Chieu Container Port Overall Construction Project.
According to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, Lien Chieu port is oriented to become an international gateway port, attracting large shipping and logistics companies in the world. This is a seaport that can access large ships, has the capacity to access, transport, and transship container goods with other seaports in the world.
Notably, in the future, when Lien Chieu port is formed, it will be associated with the Da Nang Free Trade Zone, creating favorable conditions for Da Nang to become a regional and international cargo transit center, contributing to strongly attracting investment capital flows into the City.
This is also the reason why investment in Lien Chieu ports has received great attention from famous domestic and international investors in the fields of seaport exploitation, logistics and maritime transport.
Major investors
The application for approval of the investment policy for the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project of the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals BV consortium is being reviewed and evaluated by the authorities as the first investor.
According to current regulations, in cases such as the Lien Chieu Container Port Construction Project, where two or more investors submit valid dossiers requesting to implement an investment project at one location within 20 days, the competent authority shall carry out procedures for approving the investment policy based on the investment project proposal of the first investor.
In case the investment project proposal of the first investor does not satisfy the conditions specified in Clause 3, Article 33 of the Investment Law, the investment policy approval procedure shall be carried out according to the principle of considering the investment project proposals of each subsequent investor in turn.
It is known that the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals BV consortium proposed to invest in the overall construction of infrastructure for 8 Lien Chieu container ports and auxiliary works, synchronous and modern technical infrastructure, meeting green port standards, international transit ports on an area of about 172.6 hectares.
Of which, the land planning area is 146.84 ha (container port construction area is 136.71 ha; railway warehouse and concentrated parking area is 9.26 ha; connecting railway section is 0.6 ha; technical infrastructure area is 0.27 ha); water area (water area in front of the wharf) is 25.76 ha.
The Investor commits to implement the Project in accordance with the provisions of Decision No. 140/QD-TTg dated January 16, 2025 of the Prime Minister on approving the Detailed Planning of seaports, ports, wharves, buoys, water areas, and water regions for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050; Decision No. 320/QD-BXD dated March 28, 2025 of the Ministry of Construction on approving the Detailed Planning for the development of land and water regions of Da Nang seaports for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
Specifically, the Project will build 8 container ports with a total wharf length of 2,750 m, capable of receiving container ships with a capacity of up to 18,000 TEU, divided into 3 investment phases and can be adjusted depending on the demand for cargo volume and investment progress approved by the competent state management agency.
With a total designed capacity of about 5.7 million TEU/year (equivalent to about 74 million tons/year), of which the capacity by 2030 is 14.25 - 36.3 million tons/year, the Project will have a total investment of up to 45,268 billion VND. This is the largest investment scale for a seaport investment, business and exploitation project ever implemented in the Central region.
The total expected charter capital of the economic organization implementing the entire Project is VND 9,053.6 billion (equivalent to USD 351.596 million), equivalent to 20% of the total investment capital of the entire Project. The registration and contribution of charter capital of the economic organization implementing the Project will be carried out by investors/shareholders in proportion at each stage according to the investment phase of the Project.
The Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals consortium proposed to divide the project into 3 phases. In which, phase I will be implemented from the fourth quarter of 2025 to the fourth quarter of 2028, building bridges 1 and 2, 750 m long, for 100,000-ton ships (first phase) and for 200,000-ton ships (completion phase), synchronous auxiliary works (43.46 ha); leveling the railway yard and concentrated parking lot (9.26 ha); investing in the connecting railway section (0.6 ha), the railway yard and the technical infrastructure area (0.27 ha); dredging the water area in front of the wharf and the connecting water area with an area of 7.5 ha.
In the proposal to implement the Project, the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals consortium is very confident in its capacity and experience in the field of seaport investment and exploitation.
This confidence is well-founded because APM Terminals is one of the world's largest container terminal operators, part of the AP Moller-Maersk Group. This unit is managing container terminals and providing integrated inland and cargo services, operating more than 70 port facilities and terminals in 38 countries on 5 continents.
Together with the famous shipping company Maersk in the system, APM Terminals possesses professional capacity and in-depth understanding of the shipping market, helping to identify key challenges and then propose highly feasible solutions through reasonable proposals.
Meanwhile, Hateco is a large multi-industry corporation in Vietnam, established in 2004, a pioneer in major infrastructure projects such as the construction project of berths 5 and 6 at Lach Huyen seaport, Hai Phong; Bac Tien Phong Industrial Park, Quang Ninh; ICD Long Bien dry port area, Hanoi.
“APM Terminals and Hateco are implementing a strategic partnership at Hateco Hai Phong International Port, developing it into the largest, most modern and sustainable container port in the northern region of Vietnam,” the project proposal of the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals BV consortium said.
Source: https://baodautu.vn/sieu-cang-lien-chieu-rong-co-hoi-thanh-cong-d345619.html
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