On 26 December 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Council adopted Resolution91/2025/NQ-HDND on the promulgation of fees for the use of port-gate infrastructure, service facilities, and public utilities in seaport areas of Ho Chi Minh City. The Resolution entered into force on 5 January 2026.
The Resolution establishes a unified seaport infrastructure fee framework, with locality-specific adjustments to promote regional logistics development following the administrative reorganization. Its key provisions include:
(1) Expanded scope of fee payers: The Resolution clarified and expand fee-paying entities to include organizations and individuals providing commercial services and transporting goods under temporary import for re-export, temporary export for re-import, transshipment, bonded warehousing, transit, as well import and export activities that utilize port-gate infrastructure, service facilities, and public utilities in HCMC’s seaport areas.
(2) Clearly defined exemption cases: Additional exemption categories are specified, including liquid cargo, bulk cargo, and consolidated cargo (less than container load – LCL) with a shipment weight below 1,000 kg per cargo owner. Goods[1] using port-gate infrastructure and public utilities in the seaport areas of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong are also exempt from the fee.
(3) Preferential rates for selected port-gate routes: Goods entering or leaving ports via Gate G of Ben Nghe-Phu Huu Port and SP-ITC Port, and transported by road through the Phu Huu BOT toll station, are subject to preferential fee rates, with reductions ranging from 47% to 97%, depending on the type of cargo and the number of entry and exit.
(4) Reduced fees for certain temporary trade activities outside HCMC: Goods temporarily imported (or temporarily exported) for commercial purposes in provinces or cities outside HCMC and subsequently re-exported (or re-imported) through the seaport-gate areas of the city shall be subject to lower fee rates, instead of the standard rate applied to temporary import-re-export or temporary export-re-import goods.
(5) Detailed fee calculation rules for consolidated cargo: The Resolution provides detailed rules for calculating fees for consolidated cargo, where multiple types of goods, subject to the same or different fee rates, belonging to one or more cargo owners, are packed together in a single container.
(6) Revenue retention for fee collection: Fee-collecting entities are permitted to retain 1.5% of collected revenues to cover collection costs, with the remaining 98.5% remitted to the state budget.
(7) Mandatory Cashless payment: All payments must be made via online systems or e-wallets, enhancing transparency and providing greater clarity compared with the arrangements under Resolution No. 07/2022.
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References: 1. Sai Gon Giai Phong, 23 December 2025
2. Thu vien Phap luat, 26 December 2025
3. Thu vien Phap luat, 7 July 2022
[1] including temporary import for re-export, temporary export for re-import, bonded warehousing, transit, transshipment, import, and export.
