Jeil EC Group has commenced construction of a two-phase integrated logistics center and ready-built factory complex at Amata Long Thanh Hi-Tech Industrial Park in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam. The development spans approximately 10 hectares and is located roughly 10 kilometers from Long Thanh International Airport, which is targeting commercial operations by late 2026.
Source: Jeil E&C Group
The project follows Jeil's established template in Vietnam. In February 2025, the group broke ground on Jeil Logistics 1 in Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park, Haiphong — a $44.5 million facility covering 80,000 square meters, now operational, offering ambient and refrigerated storage alongside container warehouse services. Long Thanh represents the southern anchor of what Jeil has described as an integrated north-south logistics hub strategy across the country.
Long Thanh International Airport is one of the most significant infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia currently under construction. Located in Dong Nai Province, approximately 40 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, Phase 1 carries a total investment of $4.6 billion, with designed capacity of 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo annually. The full four-phase development - at a projected cost of $16 billion - targets 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo per year upon completion.
To put that in regional context: Singapore's Changi Airport, currently ranked the world's best airport by Skytrax for the 14th consecutive time, handles approximately 60 million passengers annually. Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi processes close to 65 million. Long Thanh's ultimate design capacity exceeds both, with an explicit ambition to function as a major aviation hub for Southeast Asia rather than a domestic relief valve for Tan Son Nhat Airport.
The cargo dimension is particularly relevant for manufacturing-linked logistics. Long Thanh's Cargo Terminal No.1 - a purpose-built facility designed to support large-scale air freight growth across the region - is scheduled to open alongside the airport in late 2026. For high-value goods such as semiconductors, electronics, and pharmaceuticals moving through Vietnam's growing manufacturing base, direct air cargo access from Dong Nai removes a critical logistics bottleneck.
Vietnam's logistics costs currently stand at approximately 16% of GDP - significantly above Singapore (8%), Malaysia (12%), and the global average of around 11%. That gap reflects a combination of infrastructure constraints, fragmented warehousing, and limited multimodal connectivity that has persisted despite strong FDI inflows into manufacturing.
Long Thanh, together with the ring roads, expressways, and port expansions underway in southern Vietnam, represents the most direct mechanism available to compress that cost disadvantage. The industrial corridor forming around the airport - combining Dong Nai's existing manufacturing base, Amata Long Thanh Hi-Tech Industrial Park, and now dedicated logistics infrastructure - is positioning itself as the logistics backbone for southern Vietnam's next phase of industrial development.
Jeil's decision to build ahead of the airport's opening reflects a straightforward calculation: logistics infrastructure near a major new hub is most valuable when it is already operational at launch, not when it is under construction. The group's prior experience at Nam Dinh Vu - where proximity to Haiphong port was the stated rationale for site selection - follows the same logic applied to a different geography.
Vietnam's logistics sector is expanding at 14–16% annually and contributing approximately 4.5–5% of GDP, driven by manufacturing growth and supply chain diversification. The combination of Long Thanh Airport's cargo capacity, Can Gio International Transshipment Port under development, and the North-South Expressway network approaching completion is reshaping the cost structure of moving goods into, out of, and within the country. For investors evaluating distribution, warehousing, cold chain, or last-mile logistics in southern Vietnam, the corridor around Long Thanh represents an early-positioning opportunity that will become more competitive once the airport is fully operational.
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