The investment approvals and registration certificates were awarded to both domestic and foreign investors by Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc last Wednesday, during a high-level dialogue at the 2026 Autumn Economic Forum.

The projects include Can Gio International Transshipment Port with investment of VND128.87 trillion ($5 billion), involving Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC), Saigon Port JSC and MSC's arm Terminal Investment Limited Holding S.A.

Others include the $770 million Gemalink Port project in Tan Thuan ward, by Cai Mep Gemadept-Terminal Link; the $66.6 million My Xuan 6 port by local firm Khai Anh Binh Thuan JSC; the $987.4 million Swift Logistics project by Tokgistic Pte. Ltd. (Singapore); the $6.6 billion international university township by Vinhomes’s arm Berjaya Vietnam International University Town JSC; the $379.7 million Vinh Lap industrial park phase 1 by VSIP, Becamex and VSIP Quang Ngai; and the $23.08 million GL Cables high-tech power cable manufacturing plant by local enterprise GL Cables.

The remaining are the $230 million facility producing energy-saving float glass, low-emissivity (Low-E) coated glass, mirrors, laminated safety glass and specialized automotive glass by China's Xinyi Glass Vietnam; the $2.29 billion smart complex in functional area 2A of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area by South Korea's Lotte Properties HCMC; the $70 million iron, steel and non-ferrous metal casting, mechanical processing facility by China's Chang Yue Technology (VN) Co.; the $45 million thermoelectric semiconductor materials and thermoelectric coolers project by the U.S.-based Coherent Corp. and its arm II-VI Vietnam Co.; and the $8 million automation equipment, robots, sensors, and data management solutions project by Singapore-based Ito Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Ito Automation Technologies Vietnam.