Vietnam Transportation - 2024

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 5 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 224

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 47,049,671 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 481.37 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

VN

Airports

42 (2024)

Heliports

25 (2024)

Pipelines

72 km condensate, 398 km condensate/gas, 955 km gas, 128 km oil, 33 km oil/gas/water, 206 km refined products, 13 km water (2013)

Railways

total: 2,600 km (2014)

standard gauge: 178 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge; 253 km mixed gauge

narrow gauge: 2,169 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

Roadways

total: 195,468 km (2013)

paved: 148,338 km (2013)

unpaved: 47,130 km (2013)

Waterways

47,130 km (2011) (30,831 km weight under 50 tons)

Merchant marine

total: 1,973 (2022)

by type: bulk carrier 117, container ship 45, general cargo 1,176, oil tanker 134, other 501

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Cam Pha Port, Da Nang, Haiphong, Phu My, Quy Nhon

container port(s) (TEUs): Saigon (7,956,133), Cai Mep (5,385,289), Haiphong (5,695,839) (2021)

river port(s): Ho Chi Minh (Mekong)

NOTE: The information regarding Vietnam on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vietnam 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vietnam 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.