VIROVietnam Infrastructure Readiness Observatory
Poles & corridors · Cực động lực & hành lang

Five poles. Three corridors. Uneven readiness.

The master plan organises the merged city around five growth poles linked by three corridors. VIRO uses that frame to ask a practical question: which poles are already served by working infrastructure, and which are still waiting?

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 Sea12345Thủ 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 — ApprovedLong Thành airportBến Lức–Long ThànhRing Road 3Ring Road 4Biên Hòa–Vũng TàuMetro 1Cái Mép–Thị VảiCần Giờ portHCMC FTZHCMC–Mộc BàiHCMC–Chơn Thành
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.
Growth poles

What serves each pole

2

Eastern innovation pole

Cực đổi mới sáng tạo phía Đông

Role in plan: AI, semiconductors, R&D, universities — linked to Long Thành

Thủ Đức · Dĩ An · Thuận An

4 of 10 linked projects operating
5

Southern port–FTZ–energy pole

Cực cảng biển – thương mại tự do – năng lượng phía Nam

Role in plan: Transshipment, free-trade zone, maritime economy, energy

Cái Mép · Phú Mỹ · Châu Đức · Vũng Tàu · Cần Giờ

3 of 9 linked projects operating
Corridors

The links between them

Pole and corridor assignments are VIRO analysis based on the master-plan structure; they are not official designations.