The Bien Hoa-Vung Tau railway is a proposed new railway from Trang Bom station to Cai Mep-Thi Vai port terminal. The line connects the North-South railway of Vietnam to a seaport in Vung Tau, passing through industrial areas of Dong Nai province east of Ho Chi Minh City.
The standard-gauge railway will have a total length of 84 km and the estimated cost is cost over VND50 trillion (US$2.18 billion).
The line will cross the future North-South Express Railway and the Thu Thiem – Long Thanh Light Rail.
Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Railway map
[Map of Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Railway.]
Links and resources
Data Collection Survey on Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Environment-Friendly Industrial Accumulation and Logistics Hub Strategy Final Report – [March 2018]
“According to the master plan shown the train networks in BRVT Province, the railways start from Bien Hoa city, capital of Doung Nai Province, as same as the expressways, and terminated to Vung Tau city, and approximately all railways were planned in parallel to the national road No. 51. The planned year to consolidate is 2020.”
Current status and strategy to development Viet Nam railway by 2020, vision to 2050 – [13rd June 2017]
Construction of new railways with great transport demands, transAsia railway.
Trans-Asian Railway in the Indo-China and ASEAN Subrei!ion: Volume 3. Section 1 – [1994/1995]
“Viet Nam has adopted a National Transport Plan which purports to give equal priority to all modes of transport. The main focus of the Plan is to develop all forms of transport infrastructure to serve the three principal economic zones of Viet Nam, ie. Hanoi-Haiphong-Quang Ninh, Danang-Quy Nhon, and Ho Chi Minh City-Bien Hoa-Vung Tau.”
News archive
2025
Consider adjusting the planning of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway line – [15/05/25]
“The Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway project is being proposed to adjust the final station and some sections of the route accordingly.”
Thu Thiem – Long Thanh and Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railways expected to start construction before 2030 – [06/04/25]
“The Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway will stretch 132 km, starting from Trang Bom district to Vung Tau city. It is designed for passenger trains at 160 km/h and cargo trains at 120 km/h. Construction is planned to start before 2030 and finish by 2035.”
Discussion on planning of Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway line -[08/03/25]
“The Vietnam Railway Authority had a working session with the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province on March 7 to agree on the planning of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway route, part of the Ho Chi Minh City railway system.”
2023
About US$17 billion needed for building two railway lines connecting seaports – [17/07/23]
“The investor of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway line connecting the Cai Mep – Thi Vai seaport complex is preparing a pre-feasibility study report for the project. The 128km-long route with double tracks and 1,435mm gauge will be used for transporting passengers and goods. It has a total investment of about US$6.2 billion.”
Binh Duong proposes railway connection with Ba Ria Vung Tau – [10/07/23]
“The railway will run more than 125 km from Binh Duong’s Bau Bang District to Cai Mep – Thi Vai Terminal in Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
It will stretch 42 km long from Bau Bang to Di An City in Binh Duong, and the rest of it will be in Dong Nai and Ba Ria – Vung Tau provinces.”
Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Railway – [13/03/23]
“Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway is one of the railway lines approved by the Prime Minister in the railway network planning period 2021 – 2030, with a vision to 2050. This project has a proposed scale of 65 km with an expected investment of VND 51,000 billion in the form of PPP.”
Pre-feasibility studies of two railway projects to be submitted in 2024 – [06/02/23]
“The 65-km-long Biên Hòa-Vũng Tàu railway would run from Trảng Bom District in Đồng Nai Province to the Cái Mép-Thị Vải International Port Complex in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, with an estimated investment of over $2.3 billion.”
2022
Studying investment plans for 2 railway lines Bien Hoa – Vung Tau and Thu Thiem – Long Thanh – [23/09/22]
Dong Nai wants fast-track rail projects – [22/09/22]
“…the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau railway line, which runs for 84km from Trang Bom Railway Station in Dong Nai Province to Cai Mep-Thi Vai International Port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.”
International contractors given opportunity to join $3.9 billion railway – [22/08/22]
“Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to work with Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and Ho Chi Minh City on the construction plan of two railway routes namely Thu Thiem-Long Thanh International Airport and Bien Hoa-Vung Tau.”
Two new railways to connect to Long Thanh Int’l Airport – [09/04/22]
“Construction work on two light railway projects in the south is set to start, according to local authorities.”
“…the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau railway line is 84km long, starting at Trang Bom Railway Station in Dong Nai province and ending at Cai Mep-Thi Vai International Port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. Total investment is expected to be more than 50 trillion VND.”
Investing in two railway lines connecting Long Thanh international airport – [31/03/22]
2021
MoT urges to soon select competent agency for two Southern railway projects – [27/12/21]
“The Ministry of Transport has just proposed the Government Office on the feedback related to assigning the People’s Committee of Dong Nai Province as a competent state agency for the implementation of Thu Thiem – Long Thanh international airport light railway project and Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway project.”
Dong Nai wants to develop two rail links with HCMC, BRVT – [08/12/21]
“The 65-kilometer-long Bien Hoa-Vung Tau railway would run from Trang Bom District in Dong Nai to the Cai Mep-Thi Vai international port complex in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, with a total investment of over VND50.8 trillion.”
2018
HCM City’s construction master plan approved – [24/01/18]
“New railway routes, including Trang Bom – Sai Gon Railway Station, Bien Hoa – Vung Tau, HCM City – My Tho – Can Tho, HCM City – Tay Ninh, will also be built.”
2015
Trans-Asian railway project needs over 3 bln USD for two sections – [18/09/15]
“The construction of two sections of the trans-Asian railway, Sai Gon-Loc Ninh and Bien Hoa-Vung Tau, is estimated to cost 77.8 trillion VND (3.46 billion USD)”.
2014
Adjust location of Bien Hoa – Vung Tau railway station – [29/07/14]
“Accordingly, the adjustment plan will move the southern railway line crossing over the road to the port and run parallel to the road of the port. The railway station is located on the planned logistics land adjacent to the Sao Mai-Ben Dinh petroleum services base project.”
2013
Vietnam announces plan for 8 line, $16 billion railway – [07/10/13]
“The last railway, with 54.6 km in length, will run from Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City to the coastal city of Vung Tau.”
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