New direction of Government leaders on Lien Chieu port construction investment project

Perspective of master plan of Lien Chieu Port - Da Nang .

The Government Office has just issued Official Dispatch No. 8583/VPCP - CN to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City regarding the Lien Chieu Port Construction Investment Project.

The dispatch clearly stated that, regarding the progress of the Lien Chieu Port Construction Investment Project, following Notice No. 461/TB-VPCP dated September 5, 2025; implementing the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the People's Committee of Da Nang City to review and report to the Prime Minister the implementation plan and expected completion date of the Lien Chieu Port Construction Investment Project; report to the Prime Minister before September 25, 2025.

Previously, in Notice No. 461, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha assigned the People's Committee of Da Nang City to promptly and proactively implement procedures in accordance with regulations to ensure publicity and transparency in organizing the selection of investors to soon invest in the port (ensuring synchronous exploitation with the shared infrastructure project approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 435/QDTTg dated March 25, 2021, to avoid waste).

If necessary, the People's Committee of Da Nang City shall consider immediately establishing a Working Group to implement the Project, especially the selection of investors; selecting a consulting unit with capacity and experience in seaport investment to help the City design the overall, build bidding documents to call for investment for the development of Lien Chieu port according to economic-technical-scientific and technological criteria, green port infrastructure, digital transformation, and intelligence.

The selected investor must ensure financial and technical capacity to implement the project according to the committed schedule, experience and international reputation in connecting fleets and cargo sources, creating a feasible, effective and modern international transit seaport...

“Periodically, before the 25th of each month, the People's Committee of Da Nang City shall report to the Prime Minister on the implementation status of the Project and send it to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Construction,” the Deputy Prime Minister directed.

According to the reports of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance, Lien Chieu port area has been specifically identified in the planning; current laws have also clearly stipulated the order, procedures and authority to decide on investment policies and select investors for seaport construction investment projects, in which Lien Chieu port belongs to the People's Committee of Da Nang City.

It is known that the Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals BV consortium is the first investor to submit a proposal for the overall construction investment project of Lien Chieu container port to the competent State agency.

The Hateco - Hatecoport - APM Terminals BV joint venture 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 port on an area of about 172.6 hectares.

Of which, the planned land area is 146.84 hectares (container port construction area 136.71 hectares; railway warehouse and concentrated parking lot 9.26 hectares; connecting railway section 0.6 hectares; technical infrastructure area 0.27 hectares); water area (water area in front of the wharf 25.76 hectares).

The Investor commits to implement the Project according to the Detailed Planning of seaports, harbors, wharves, buoys, water areas, and water regions for the period 2021 - 2030, 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.

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 design capacity of about 5.7 million TEUs/year (equivalent to about 74 million tons/year), of which the capacity by 2030 will be from 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 to implement the entire Project is 9,053.6 billion VND, equivalent to 351.596 million USD, corresponding 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.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/chi-dao-moi-cua-lanh-dao-chinh-phu-du-an-dau-tu-xay-dung-ben-cang-lien-chieu-d383922.html