VINH LONG INFO
INFRASTRUCTURE
1. INFRASTRUCTURE
1.1. Transportation
a) Airline
Vinh Long city is about 43km far from the
international Tra Noc - Can Tho city airport, about
140km from the International Tan Son Nhat - Ho
Chi Minh City airport.
b) Road
There are 15 main roads of total length of
404.2km including 05 national highways (1A,
53, 54, 57, 80). Most of the national highways,
provincial highways have been upgraded,
expanded for the smooth flow of vehicles with
My Thuan bridge and Can Tho bridge and Ho Chi
Minh City - Can Tho city highway throughout Vinh
Long city, districts, towns and industrial parks
facilitating the trade and services in the province
for quick and convenient trade exchange with
other economic centers.
c) Waterway
There is the vast river network with a total
length of 955 km including 03 national waterway
crossing Tien river, Hau river, Mang river for
vessels of capable loading of 3 to 5 thousand
tons, Such network plays a very important role
in the Mekong Delta transportation and toward
Bien Dong sea, or toward Cambodia etc.
- Vinh Long port (Tien River)
Located in Vinh Long city, with the loading
capacity of 300,000 tonnes / year, this port can
receive 3,500 tons ship docked. The port includes
the storage of about 20,000 tons.
- Binh Minh Port (Hau river)
Binh Minh port (Hau river): of the Group No.
06, located in the left bank of Hau river in My Hoa
commune, Binh Minh town, next to the road to
Can Tho bridge downstream. The port capacity
reaches 588,000 tons / year. Currently, the type of
vessels of 7,000 tons can get in easily. As designed,
the port (under construction) can receive ships of
20,000 tons
- An Phuoc Port (Co Chien river)
On shipping route connecting Ho Chi Minh
City and Can Tho City, An Phuoc Commune, Mang
Thit district, An Phuoc Port is 60.2m in length, 11
meters in width for ships and barges of 1,500-ton.
100% of communes, wards and towns
use the national power grid with over 99.4%
of households using national electricity. In
addition to getting service of the national lowvoltage network, the industrial producers, service
providers, industrial parks are equipped with
the private low-voltage stations and their power
consumption is measured at stations serving the
needs of production, business.
1.3. Clean water
The province currently has 08 urban water
supply systems installed at the district, town, city
and Hoa Phu industrial park with 11 plants of a
total design capacity of 47,800 m3 / day, enough
to meet domestic demand, production and
business.
1.4. Credit system
Vinh Long province has developed a strong
and diversified credit system of 20 branches of
Commercial Joint Stock Bank, 01 Social Policy
Bank, 01 Development Fund and 04 People credit
funds of more than 101 transaction offices widely
distributed in all districts, towns and cities for
customer satisfactory of financial - credits needs,
loans for production and business in the province.
The wide postal network provides a variety
of services of easy access ensuring daily postal
delivery to 100% of communes. Subscriber
telecom line has expanded to 100% of communes,
wards and towns. The mobile network has its
coverage across the province. Fiber optic cables
routes are installed to all districts and communes.
Vinh Long Radio - Television Agency is one of
the best broadcast service provider in the Mekong
Delta and the country as well. Radio coverage
is expanded throughout the province and the
country on 02 broadcast channels and cable
networks of abundant and attractive programs.