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DHL Express Vietnam is looking to open a facility at the new Long Thanh International Airport to better serve customers in the south
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The company is also in talks with an electric vehicle manufacturer for the acquisition of four-wheeled units for likely deployment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
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The DHL Group sees technology, life sciences and healthcare, and energy as growth drivers for Vietnam
HANOI, VIETNAM – DHL Express Vietnam is looking to open a new facility and acquire more electric vehicles (EVs) as it maintains a bullish outlook on the Southeast Asian country.
The express company is eyeing to invest in a facility at the new Long Thanh International Airport (LTH) to better serve customers in the south, DHL Express Vietnam country manager Bernardo Bautista told PortCalls in a recent interview in this city where it also launched its latest Global Connectedness Report.
Opened in December 2025 in Dong Nai Province, approximately 40 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City, LTH is able to accommodate 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo per year in its first phase.
Bautista noted that while there are no final plans yet, building the new facility at LTH will entail reconfigurating some existing ones in the south.
Meanwhile, DHL Express Vietnam is also eyeing to expand its two-wheeled EV fleet with four-wheeled EVs.
Bautista said they are in talks with an EV manufacturer for the four-wheeled units, for likely deployment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh where most volumes are.
He acknowledged they are somewhat behind in EV fleet expansion due to availability issues, but hopes to finalize acquisition plans this year, in line with the DHL Group’s decarbonization targets.
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The group aims to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from 40 million metric tons CO2e to under 29 million by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050.
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Bautista said that with companies trying to diversify production out of China, Vietnam is a prime destination given its proximity and progressive policies.
Boding well for the country is a large population, rapidly growing foreign direct investments, and growth in local companies, he added.
Vietnam is part of the DHL Group’s Geographic Tailwinds 20 (GT20) initiative that identified 20 countries around the world considered to have the greatest potential and set to benefit from supply chain diversification.
The DHL Group sees technology, life sciences and healthcare, and energy as growth drivers for Vietnam.
Bautista said they are seeing growth in the technology sector, particularly electronics. Vietnam has a national semiconductor industry development plan and is looking to transition from assembly/testing to design and manufacturing.
Data centers, the medical devices market, and the government’s revised energy plan are also considered growth drivers.—Roumina Pablo
