Dong Nai approves the joint venture of DonaCoop and VinaCapital as the proposed investor for the Project to extend the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line to Long Thanh Airport.

(DN) - Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee issued Document No. 4015/UBND-KTN dated August 26, 2025 approving the investor's proposal for the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line extension project to Bien Hoa city and Long Thanh International Airport under the form of public-private partnership (PPP).

Dong Nai approved the consortium of DonaCoop Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company and VinaCapital Group as the proposed investor for the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Metro Line Extension Project to Long Thanh Airport. Photo: document

After considering the proposal of the consortium of DonaCoop Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company and VinaCapital Group, the opinion of the Department of Finance, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commented on the policy and approved the proposal of the Department of Finance on assigning the consortium of DonaCoop Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company and VinaCapital Group as the investor to propose the Project to extend the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line to Bien Hoa city and Long Thanh airport under the PPP form.

According to this decision, the research scale of the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line extension project to Bien Hoa city and Long Thanh airport has a total length of about 38.5km, expected to include 3 sections: The section from station S0 to the new administrative center of Dong Nai province (at Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park), about 6.5km long; the section from the new administrative center of Dong Nai province to Long Thanh airport, about 27km long and the section from the new administrative center of Dong Nai province to the central axis of Bien Hoa city, about 5km long.

The Provincial People's Committee assigns the Department of Finance to be the agency receiving the dossier. The maximum time for submitting the dossier for the project investment proposal report is 9 months from the date the competent authority approves the project proposal by the investor.

Previously, the consortium of DonaCoop Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company and VinaCapital Group sent a document to the provincial authorities to prepare a report proposing the investment policy for the Suoi Tien Metro Line 1 Extension Project (S0) - Long Thanh and developing the TOD (Transit - Oriented Development) smart urban model.

The total investment capital is expected to be about 65 trillion VND (excluding compensation and site clearance costs), using 100% private capital of the consortium and its partners.

Pham Tung

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/kinh-te/202508/dong-nai-chap-thuan-lien-danh-donacoop-va-vinacapital-la-nha-dau-tu-de-xuat-du-an-keo-dai-tuyen-metro-ben-thanh-suoi-tien-ve-san-bay-long-thanh-2351318/