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STT Name of waterway Passed provinces Length

Hau river route through the main route for ships entering the
1.2 Dinh An estuary to Mekong Delta to go to ports on the 230 km
Cambodia border Hau River and to Cambodia
Tien river route through Route through An Giang, Dong
1.3 Ham Luong and Co Thap, Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Tra 234 km
Chien estuaries Vinh and Ben Tre provinces
2 Main horizontal axis

City Line. Ho Chi Minh The route departs from the city. Ho
2.1 - Ca Mau (via Xa No Chi Minh passes through Xa No 393km
canal) canal to Ca Mau

City Line. Ho Chi Minh route from the City. Ho Chi Minh to
2.2 - Kien Luong (via Lap Kien Luong - Ba Hon, through Sa 338km
Vo - Sa Dec canal) Dec - Lap Vo canal
City coastal route. Ho The route departs from the city. Ho
2.3 Chi Minh - Ca Mau Chi Minh passes through the coastal 340 km
provinces to Ca Mau

City Line. Ho Chi Minh route from the City. Ho Chi Minh to
2.4 - Kien Luong (via Thap Kien Luong - Ba Hon, via Thap 297.8 km
Muoi canal No.1) Muoi canal No. 1
City Line. Ho Chi Minh route from the City. Ho Chi Minh to
2.5 - Ha Tien (via Thap Kien Luong - Ba Hon, through 282 km
Muoi canal No. 2) Chanh canal, Thap Muoi canal No. 2

Route Vung Tau - Thi Route from Ben Dinh port to Can
2.6 Vai - City. Ho Chi Minh Tho port 242.5 km
- My Tho - Can Tho
Source: GSO, 2022
Inland waterway transport plays an important role in the Mekong Delta, but there
is a serious lack of investment with the investment budget reduced from 2-3% of the

total transport investment budget in the period 2011-2015 to only 1.2 % in the period
2016 - 2020. Because of the lack of proper investment, many projects that need to be
upgraded or built have not been implemented, leading to the same river route but
different depths, low bridges and culverts across the river, making it impossible for ships
of large tonnage to pass. In addition, because the inland waterway system in the region

mainly utilizes natural conditions, the amount of dredging is large, navigation equipment
and signaling buoy systems are lacking.
Currently, according to statistics, the Mekong Delta has more than 2,500 domestic
ports, but most of them are not well connected to the road system; there is no warehouse
infrastructure, loading and unloading facilities suitable for receiving and transporting
goods by container.
Many spontaneous wharves do not ensure safety, obstruct traffic, ports and

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