DHL Supply Chain broke ground on July 24 on the DHL North Logistics Campus at Yen My Industrial Park in Hung Yen Province, investing approximately €63 million (~$71.7 million) in the facility. The campus is DHL Supply Chain's largest Class-A logistics complex in Southeast Asia. Spanning more than 82,500 square meters across four buildings, Phase 1 - Targeting completion in the first half of 2027 - will deliver approximately 41,180 square meters of premium warehouse space. Phase 2 is scheduled for the second half of 2028.
Source: DHL
The facility is built to international standards and designed to be automation-ready from the outset. It is intended to serve a broad range of sectors including technology, automotive, industrial manufacturing, retail and consumer goods, healthcare, and life sciences - reflecting the diversity of manufacturing and distribution activity already present in northern Vietnam's industrial corridor.
This project marks a structural departure from DHL's prior operating model in Vietnam. Rather than leasing warehouse capacity from third-party developers, DHL is directly investing in and owning the physical infrastructure - a shift that signals long-term conviction in Vietnam's logistics market rather than a capacity adjustment driven by short-term demand.
The campus is strategically positioned within Greater Hanoi, with direct access to the Hanoi–Hai Phong Expressway - connecting Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi city center, and Hai Phong Port, the largest deep-water port serving northern Vietnam. The site is surrounded by major industrial zones hosting established foreign manufacturers across electronics, automotive, and consumer goods - placing it at the operational center of the supply chain activity it is designed to serve.
Hung Yen's emergence as a logistics location reflects a broader shift in how northern Vietnam's manufacturing geography is developing. As Bac Ninh, Haiphong, Thai Nguyen, and Quang Ninh have attracted large-scale manufacturing investment, the logistics infrastructure between and around those clusters has become increasingly strategic. Hung Yen - positioned between Hanoi and the Haiphong port corridor — is accumulating both manufacturing and logistics investment as that geography matures.
Bertrand Juvigny, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain Vietnam, cited Vietnam's ranking of ninth globally for international trade connectivity and its projected status as one of the top four countries worldwide for absolute merchandise trade growth between 2026 and 2030 as the foundation for the investment decision. Vietnam's total trade value is on course to exceed $1 trillion in 2026 for the first time, underpinned by a broad network of free trade agreements, continued FDI inflows into manufacturing, and growing export capacity across electronics, machinery, and industrial goods.
The DHL North Logistics Campus investment follows a pattern visible across Vietnam's logistics sector: established operators are moving from service provision to infrastructure ownership as confidence in the market's long-term trajectory grows. Jeil Group broke ground on a logistics complex near Long Thanh Airport earlier this year. Viettel Post was approved to develop and operate the Smart Border Gate at Lao Cai. Each of these investments reflects the same underlying logic - that Vietnam's logistics demand is durable enough to justify owning the asset rather than leasing it.
For manufacturers and distributors currently operating in northern Vietnam or evaluating market entry, the DHL campus adds a significant piece of Class-A logistics infrastructure to a corridor that has until recently been undersupplied relative to the manufacturing investment concentrated there.
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