VIROVietnam Infrastructure Readiness Observatory
Projects / Roads & expressways

HCMC Ring Road 3Đường Vành đai 3 TP.HCM

The inner orbital that lets freight move between the northern factories, Long Thành and the ports without entering the city. The eastern section missed its 30 September opening.

4/7 · Under construction · Đang thi côngLast observed 31 Oct 20262 sources
Readiness ladder · Thang sẵn sàng
Why this stage

A Government report to the National Assembly put the whole project at about 81% of contract value, or VND 19,986 billion, in early October 2026.

Reported  3 Oct 2026 · Dân Trí

Next rung — Partly operational: Some sections or functions in use; route-wide or full operation not established.

Schematic map of Southern Vietnam infrastructure projects by readiness stageApproximate positions of tracked projects in and around Ho Chi Minh City, coloured by observed delivery stage. Not for navigation.ĐỒNG NAITÂY NINHĐỒNG THÁPHỒ CHÍ MINH CITYEast SeaThủ Thiêm–Long Thành Railway — In planHCMC Ring Road 3 — Under constructionHCMC Ring Road 4 — Under constructionMetro Line 2 (Bến Thành–Tham Lương) — Under constructionHCMC–Mộc Bài Expressway — Under constructionHCMC–Thủ Dầu Một–Chơn Thành Expressway — Under constructionBiên Hòa–Vũng Tàu Expressway — Partly operationalBến Lức–Long Thành Expressway — OperationalHCMC–Long Thành–Dầu Giây Expressway (widening) — OperationalMetro Line 1 (Bến Thành–Suối Tiên) — OperationalHCMC coreThủ ĐứcBiên HòaThủ Dầu MộtBàu BàngPhú MỹVũng TàuBến LứcHiệp PhướcCủ ChiLong Thành International Airport (phase 1) — Under constructionCái Mép–Thị Vải deep-water port cluster — Usable for businessCần Giờ International Transshipment Port — Investor / contractor selectedNhơn Trạch 3 & 4 LNG power plants — OperationalHCMC Free Trade Zone (Cái Mép Hạ) — ApprovedVietnam International Financial Centre (HCMC) — OperationalDirect power purchase (DPPA) rules — ApprovedLNG Long Sơn power project — Approved
Observed stage
In plan
Approved
Investor / contractor selected
Under construction
Partly operational
Operational
Usable for business
Site / institution
Schematic, approximate geometry for orientation — not navigation or project alignments. Pole circles follow the structure of the HCMC master plan; they are not official boundaries. Observation run 31 Oct 2026.
Milestones · Mốc kế hoạch và thực tế

Planned against achieved

MilestonePlanned / targetAchievedStatusSource
Eastern section temporary opening30 Sep 2026 → Nov 2026—SlippedDân Trí
Main line (68.9 of 70.4 km)End 2026—PendingDân Trí
Route-wide completionEnd 2026 → Q1 2027—SlippedDân Trí
Evidence · Bằng chứng

What the record shows

  • Reported
    3 Oct 2026
    A Government report to the National Assembly put the project at about 81% of contract value (VND 19,986 billion). By component: Tây Ninh 95.6%, HCMC 82.1%, Đồng Nai 78.8%, former Bình Dương 71.7%. Of VND 5,184 billion allocated for 2026, VND 2,332 billion (45%) had been disbursed.
  • Reported
    3 Oct 2026
    Localities are working to finish about 68.9 km of the 70.4 km main line in 2026, so the project may not meet the end-2026 deadline set by Resolution 57/2022/QH15. Remaining items move to Q1 2027: about 1.5 km awaiting soft-soil settlement, two left-turn bridge branches and the National Highway 1 overpass at the Tân Vạn interchange, and the whole ITS, weigh-station and control-centre system.
  • Reported
    3 Oct 2026
    The planned 30 September temporary opening of the 14.7 km elevated section on the former Thủ Đức City side was missed, attributed in part to heavy rain in September. On 2 October a city vice-chairman inspected the works and required it opened during November.
  • Reported
    12 Aug 2026
    Individual components were reported at roughly 71%–95% completion on 12 August 2026.
Unknown · Chưa rõ
  • Whether the 14.7 km elevated section opens during November 2026.
  • Opening dates for each component.
  • When the ITS, weigh stations and control centre become usable.
VIRO analysis

A completed orbital is what turns three separate industrial belts into one connected production region.

Serves
Pole 1 · International core
Pole 2 · Eastern innovation pole
Pole 3 · Western urban–health–education pole
Pole 4 · Northern industry–logistics pole
Corridor · North–South corridor
Corridor · East–West corridor
Poles & corridors →
Sources · Nguồn

Next project: HCMC Ring Road 4