Logistics infrastructure
AI design & rendering
Arrange warehouse blocks, yards and circulation routes, and generate views to discuss options.
Logistics infrastructure consulting
Dry ports, cargo terminals and warehousing — from master plan to handover
15 years of consulting on master planning, investment project preparation, design, review, supervision and project management for owners of ICDs, inland waterway ports, air cargo terminals and industrial parks nationwide.
2011Year of establishment — 15 years of continuous operation
100+Projects consulted on, large and small
3.200+ haScale of consulted projects with a published site area
Rank 1Design & review of civil construction works
18Technical and investment consulting services
Total site area of the projects in the portfolio with area data, excluding sub-items within larger projects, rounded down to 100 ha. The figure reflects the scope of consulting files, not built area.
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AI design and simulations: get your numbers before the first meeting
Build options, size facilities and estimate capital right in your browser. Each tool runs on an engineering model, comes with plan and section drawings, and lets you send the brief to a CGD expert.
20calculators, simulations and budget estimates
2drawings per result: plan and section
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AI design & rendering
Houses
AI house design
Lay out the floor plan, view renderings and a feng shui reference layer; then check the construction budget.
Simulations & calculators All simulations →
Port & ICD sizing NEWTEU/year → land, berths, yard, gateContainer yardTEU, dwell days → ground slots, ha, equipmentPort gateTrucks/day → OCR or manual lanesWharfVessel size → berths, quay length (m), quay cranesDistribution warehouse NEWPallets, inbound/outbound → m², docks, forklifts, landHigh-bay warehouse (AS/RS)Pallets, cycles/hour → rack aisles, stacker cranesCold storage NEWPallet, temperature → m², cooling kW, EVN electricity billAGV high-rise parking NEWSpaces, car retrievals → AGVs, lifts, cabinsRobot kho AMROrders/hour → number of robots, charging stationsWarehouse rooftop solar NEWRoof, load → kWp, savings at EVN tariffsBESS battery storage NEWPeak load → battery kWh, tariff differentialPrefab house assemblyErection sequence, crane setup changesWhat is BIM?Real IFC model, clash detectionDigital twinDigital twin of the port, test before you buildSite screeningLocation, master plan → risks before you buyScreen a site from coordinates NEWVN-2000 → GPS, area, satellite images over the yearsPermitting roadmapProject type → steps to obtain permitsEVM progress reportPlan, actual → SPI, CPI, S-curveLogistics capital estimateArea, unit price → capital, NPV, IRR, ExcelRenderings by project type16 types: warehouse, port, ICD, industrial park, garage...
Results for drafting the brief and comparing initial options — assumptions are stated under each result; they do not replace design documents or construction cost estimates.
Services
18 services, from master plan to investment decision
From planning to investment to automation — choose the right scope at each project stage.
Engineering consulting 8 services
01
Master planning consulting
1/500 detailed plans, 1/2000 zoning plans, partial master plan adjustments.
Details →02
Investment project preparation
Project proposals, pre-feasibility and feasibility study reports, economic-technical reports.
Details →03
Review consulting
Review of basic design, construction drawings, cost estimates and feasibility study reports.
Details →04
Design consulting
Basic design, construction drawings and overall cost estimates for architecture, structure, MEP and infrastructure.
Details →05
Project management consulting
Acting as the project owner's representative to coordinate schedule, costs, quality and legal documentation.
Details →06
Construction supervision consulting
Supervision of construction and equipment installation for civil, industrial, transportation and infrastructure projects.
Details →07
Investment appraisal
Compare investment options, analyze project finances and advise on choosing operating scenarios.
Details →08
Construction survey consulting
Topographic and geotechnical surveys for planning, design and construction.
Details →Investment & corporate advisory 6 services
09
Investment promotion consulting
Bring industrial park and logistics infrastructure projects to the right investors, with the technical data they need.
Details →10
Logistics market research
Cargo flows, existing facility capacity and market headroom within the project's catchment area.
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Corporate governance consulting
Standardize processes, define authority and reporting systems for infrastructure and logistics businesses.
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Restructuring consulting
Reorganize your asset portfolio, operating model and organizational structure, starting with the projects themselves.
Details →13
Websites, company profiles and apps
Websites, company profiles and business tools for logistics companies — built by people who know warehouses, ports and ICDs.
Details →14
IT solutions and digital transformation
Digital transformation roadmap, business software and automation tools for warehouses, ports, and transportation — starting from real processes.
Details →Warehouse & infrastructure automation 4 services
15
Automated warehouse consulting (AS/RS)
An automated warehouse is not a regular warehouse with extra racking.
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Cold storage consulting
A cold store with one wrong detail pays for it throughout its life: mismatched floor levels, thermal bridges through the structure or unsealed dock doors are errors that can almost never be fixed later.
Details →17
Smart parking consulting
By eliminating ramps and paths for drivers, the same land area can accommodate many times more vehicles.
Details →18
Port and ICD automation consulting
Intra-port legs repeat thousands of times on the same route — an environment that is much easier to automate than public roads.
Details →About CGD Vietnam
CGD chooses logistics infrastructure as its core expertise
CGD focuses on logistics infrastructure consulting — from cargo flows, truck routes and actual operations to master plan, design and supervision documents.
Dry port ICD
Cargo terminal
Inland waterway port
Kho & logistics center
Khu & industrial cluster
Border-gate infrastructure
Legal entity information
| Company name | CGD Vietnam Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company |
| English name | CGD Vietnam Construction Consulting JSC |
| Head office | No. 358 Lang Street, Dong Da Ward, Hanoi |
| Office | No. 2 Ton That Thuyet, Tu Liem Ward, Hanoi |
| Phone | 0243 212 3042 · 0989 229 628 |
| cgdvietnam@gmail.com |
Milestones
15 years going in one direction
Each phase adds a layer of capability, from planning to operations.
- 2011
Founded
Formerly the Cultural and Construction Works Design Consulting Joint Stock Company. The civil engineering and planning foundation built in this period underpins all later infrastructure documentation.
- 2017
First logistics infrastructure contract
Signed a project management consulting contract for the Mỹ Đình ICD (inland container depot) at Đức Thượng — the company's longest-running contract, staying with the project through many adjustments.
- 2019–2021
Expanding into ports and border gates
Tây Ninh logistics center and general port (265 ha), Mộc Bài border gate logistics support (131 ha), Hữu Nghị border gate service area (10 ha), Hồng Vân port and Sơn Tây port.
- 2022
Capability certificate in 9 fields
The Hanoi Department of Construction issued certificate No. HAN-00015384: supervision, planning, project management, design, design review and survey.
- 2023
Upgraded to Class 1
The Ministry of Construction issued certificate BXD-00015384 — design and design review of civil works, Class 1, the highest class, with no limit on project scale.
- 2024
Beyond borders, and beyond engineering
Prefab house designs for a housing project in Darwin, Australia. Expanded from engineering consulting to logistics strategy consulting for businesses.
- 2026
Digital transformation and investment consulting
BIM roadmap, Digital Twin and cargo flow simulation. Added 4 investment and corporate advisory services.
Hallmarks
4 things few consulting firms of our size can do
From planning to project management on a single dry port
The ICD Mỹ Đình project management consulting contract was signed in 2017 and still follows the project through many rounds of master plan adjustments. Very few mid-sized consulting firms have stayed with an infrastructure project for so long.
4 air cargo terminals
Design review and construction supervision for cargo terminals at Nội Bài, Phú Minh, Đà Nẵng and Thọ Xuân — working with both ALS and Vietnam Airports Corporation.
Border gate infrastructure along 3 border routes
Mộc Bài (Tây Ninh), Hữu Nghị (Lạng Sơn) and Trà Lĩnh (Cao Bằng) — 3 international border gates with 3 different terrains and 3 different procedural regimes.
Vietnamese design goes abroad
Construction drawing design and production supervision in Vietnam for house models in a housing project in Darwin, Australia.
Where we work
CGD-signed documents have covered 21 provinces and cities and 1 project abroad
From the Trà Lĩnh border gate with China to the Mộc Bài border gate with Cambodia, from inland waterway ports along the Red River to the cargo terminal in Đà Nẵng. Each region has its own set of procedures and its own geology — experience that a certificate cannot show.
HanoiHung YenPhu ThoBac NinhQuang NinhLang SonDak LakTay NinhCao BangThanh HoaLao CaiHa TinhHo Chi Minh CityQuang TriDa NangThai NguyenTuyen QuangLam DongNinh BinhCan ThoHai PhongAustralia
21provinces and cities with CGD consulting projects
03international border gates along 3 border routes
04air cargo terminals
01design project exported to Australia
Professional credentials
Construction capability certificates
2 certificates underpin every document CGD signs: one issued by the Hanoi Department of Construction, the other by the Ministry of Construction at the highest class.
CERTIFICATE 01
Hanoi Department of Construction — number HAN-00015384
Issued July 11, 2022. Recognized for 9 fields of practice:
- Construction supervision — civil, road transport
- Construction supervision — light industry, technical infrastructure
- Construction master planning
- Project management — transport works
- Design, design review — industrial buildings
- Design, design review — road transport
- Design, design review — agriculture & rural development (irrigation, dikes)
- Construction survey — geology
- Construction survey — topography
CERTIFICATE 02
Construction Activities Management Department, Ministry of Construction — No. BXD-00015384
Issued on September 27, 2023.
CLASS 1
Design and design review of civil construction works
Class 1 is the highest class in the construction capability certification system. It is the requirement for undertaking design and design review for civil works of every grade, with no limit on scale.
In addition to the organizational certificates, CGD's key personnel hold practicing licenses in each discipline: planning, architecture, structure, mechanical and electrical, water supply and drainage, technical infrastructure, transport, fire protection, surveying and cost estimation.
Deep sector expertise
The 6 project types we handle most
Each facility type has its own set of constraints the drawings must resolve: container truck routes, clear height, water levels, airport security corridors, warehouse floor loads. That is where experience counts.
DRY PORTS & ICDs
Dry ports, inland customs clearance points, logistics centers
13 projects in the portfolio621 ha7 provinces and cities
Container yard layout, one-way truck routes, inspection and customs areas, CFS warehouse, weighing station and integrated technical infrastructure.
- My Dinh Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Duc Thuong · 18 ha
- Van Lam dry port and support services · 124 ha
- Bac Hong Station Logistics Center · 60 ha
- Hanoi inland customs clearance point · 30 ha
- Tra Linh Logistics Center · 18,5 ha
- Tay Ninh Logistics Center and General Port · 265 ha
PORTS
Inland waterway ports and seaports
7 projects in the portfolio125 ha3 provinces and cities
Berth area planning, back-of-port warehouses, service roads, links between yards and piers, and port operations buildings.
- Hong Van Port · 19,6 ha
- Son Tay Port · 15 ha
- Hoanh Bo industrial park, urban area and seaport · 389 ha
AVIATION
Air cargo terminal
5 projects in the portfolio20 ha4 provinces and cities
Design and review of cargo terminals, off-airport air cargo warehouses and cargo handling areas, plus supervision of equipment installation.
- ALS Phu Minh cargo terminal · 6,9 ha
- ALS Noi Bai cargo terminal · 3 ha
- Da Nang cargo terminal · 2,7 ha
- Tho Xuan cargo terminal · 0,9 ha
LOGISTICS
Warehousing and logistics infrastructure
16 projects in the portfolio137 ha4 provinces and cities
General warehouses, cold storage, off-airport air cargo warehouses, raised loading platforms, truck parking and turning areas, dock doors.
- Thai Nguyen off-airport air cargo warehouse · 2,5 ha
- Bac Ninh International Shopping Center · 9,8 ha
- ILS Hoai Duc Outlet Center · 3,5 ha
- HTP Center — ILS · 1,5 ha
INDUSTRIAL
Industrial parks and industrial clusters
11 projects in the portfolio579 ha8 provinces and cities
Subdivision planning, industrial cluster technical infrastructure, feasibility study report review and construction supervision.
- Hoanh Bo industrial park, urban area, services and seaport · 389 ha
- Dabaco high-tech livestock farm · 42 ha
- Honda car and motorbike dealer · 15.000 m²
BORDER GATE
Border gate infrastructure and customs clearance zones
3 projects in the portfolio216 ha2 provinces and cities
Truck parking, bonded warehouses, cargo transshipment areas and logistics service zones at international border gates.
- Parking, warehouse and logistics at Moc Bai border gate · 131 ha
- Huu Nghi border gate trade center, warehouse and logistics · 10 ha
- Tra Linh customs clearance area · 18,5 ha
Featured projects
Capability you can read in signed drawings
12 featured logistics infrastructure projects from a portfolio of more than 100 projects advised by CGD.
Dry port & ICD
Tây Ninh Logistics Center and Multipurpose Port
Industrial
Hoanh Bo industrial park, urban area, services and seaport
Border gate
Parking lot, warehouse and logistics area at Moc Bai border gate
Dry port & ICD
Van Lam dry port and support services
Dry port & ICD
Bac Hong Station Logistics Center
Dry port & ICD
Hanoi inland customs clearance point
Inland waterway port
Hong Van Port
Dry port & ICD
Tra Linh Logistics Center
Dry port & ICD
My Dinh Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Duc Thuong
Inland waterway port
Son Tay Port
Aviation
ALS Phu Minh cargo terminal
Logistics
Thai Nguyen off-airport air cargo warehouse
Team
A lean team with expertise covering every discipline in a project dossier
About 20 permanent staff and nearly 30 collaborating experts on a per-project basis, from planning to supervision. Capabilities are stated by discipline and lead certificate holder, not by headcount.
Executive Board
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Dinh Vu Hoang
Architect with more than 20 years of designing and operating ICDs, warehouses and logistics infrastructure. Licensed in architectural design, construction master plan design and construction investment project management. Legal representative of the company.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Mr. Vu Van Hieu
Road and bridge construction engineer — University of Transport and Communications, 15 years of experience. Licensed in design and supervision of road and bridge works and in construction investment project management. Heads the engineering division and the transport and infrastructure dossiers.
12 disciplines
Design & planning
Architectural design; construction master plan design
Supervision
Civil, industrial, transportation, technical infrastructure, equipment installation
Project management
Construction investment project management: civil, industrial, technical infrastructure
Structural engineering
Structural design for civil and industrial buildings
Transport
Transport works, roads, urban streets
Technical infrastructure
Technical infrastructure, pipeline network, drainage
Mechanical & electrical (M&E)
M&E design for buildings
Water supply and drainage
Design of water supply and drainage works
Fire prevention and fighting
Design consulting, supervision and construction management for fire protection systems
Construction cost estimating
Preparation and review of cost estimates and total investment
Site survey
Topographic and geological surveys for planning and design
Refrigeration
Refrigeration machinery and equipment for cold storage
Associate experts
NEARLY 30 EXPERTS
Senior figures in construction consulting and logistics
A network of associate experts is mobilized project by project, including people who have held executive positions at logistics, port and aviation companies, alongside design and planning leads with decades in the profession.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Capability is measured by certificates, not headcount
Every discipline in a dossier signed by CGD has a lead who holds the relevant practicing certificate: planning, architecture, structure, M&E, water supply and drainage, technical infrastructure, transport, fire prevention and fighting, survey and cost estimating.
SURVEY EQUIPMENT
Mobilized by package, with no idle assets
Topographic and geological survey equipment and accredited laboratories are mobilized according to the technical plan for each package, through specialist contractors. This keeps consulting costs reasonable and ensures the right type of equipment is always available for each terrain.
Associate experts are listed in the company profile and mobilized project by project.
The list of lead personnel with practicing certificates for each discipline is in the full company profile —
download the PDF.
Tools & technology
Tools in use, and tools we are investing in
Tools in use and the investment roadmap are disclosed separately.
IN USE ON PROJECTS
Design and estimating toolkit
- AutoCAD — technical drawings for all disciplines
- 3ds Max — models and renderings of design options
- SAP2000, Etabs — structural analysis and design
- G8 / GXD — prepare and check estimates according to current norms
- Vietnamese construction codes and standards, updated with each new issue
INVESTING NOW — 2026 ROADMAP
Transition to building information modeling (BIM)
- BIM — Autodesk Revit and Civil 3D for logistics infrastructure documentation
- Digital Twin — digital twin for warehouse and yard operations
- Cargo flow simulation — verify throughput capacity before the site layout is fixed
- AI assistance — dossier checking, cross-checking against standards, project document management
This is a roadmap in progress, not a completed capability. We state this clearly so that owners can assess it properly when issuing BIM requirements.
TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION — AUBOT (CF GROUP)
Build automation into the drawings at the planning stage, rather than retrofitting it later
Aubot is CF Group's warehouse automation unit — AGVs, AS/RS, conveyors and WMS/WCS control software. CGD handles the building works around that equipment: structure, M&E, water supply and drainage, fire protection, floor levels. Equipment and building sit in one set of documents, so the owner does not have to rework the building after the equipment is fixed.
Cold storage and automated high-bay warehouses (AS/RS)
- An AS/RS stacks pallets on high racking instead of using forklifts and wide aisles. According to Aubot's capability profile, this configuration increases storage capacity by 40–60% on the same footprint.
- CGD's scope: structure to carry racking and handling equipment, insulated envelope, fire protection for cold storage, floor levels and dock doors matched to the equipment.
- The refrigeration discipline is in-house — certified for refrigeration machinery and equipment for cold storage.
Smart parking (AGV)
- Self-driving AGVs carry cars into the parking slots, eliminating ramps and driver aisles — so the same site holds more cars.
- CGD's scope: floor structure for vehicle and AGV loads, ventilation, fire protection, charging stations and entry/exit traffic organization.
- Placed within the overall layout of the ICD, warehouse or logistics center rather than treated as a standalone facility.
These options are at the design and investment proposal stage with the project owner; no facility has been completed yet. We state this clearly so they are not confused with the portfolio of completed projects.
Technology videos
See automated warehouse operations in practice
AGV, tow robot and WCS applications from Cargo Flow Automation.
Select a video to watch
B300: optimizing warehouse operations
CM200: narrow space
B300: transport robot
T500: cargo-towing robot
B300 AGV safety
T500 AGV safety
T500 & FMS software
B300 & WCS
Source: Cargo Flow Automation on YouTube
Video CGD
Capabilities, methods and tools — in four short videos
Fifteen years of logistics infrastructure consulting, more than a hundred projects across twenty-one provinces and cities: dry ports, cargo terminals, river ports, border gates. CGD focuses solely on logistics infrastructure as its core expertise, and puts calculation tools on the web so project owners have the numbers before the first meeting.
Two tool videos:
ICD dry port sizing: enter annual TEU throughput and the tool calculates quay, container yard, truck gate and total required area — change the handling equipment or dwell time to see how the land requirement rises or falls.
Site check: paste the cadastral coordinate table, and the tool converts it to GPS using the province's central meridian, calculates the area, draws the boundary and shows satellite imagery of the site over the years. Coordinates are not sent to CGD.
How we work
5 steps, a clear output at each step
STEP 01
Intake & survey
Project objectives, legal status and current condition.
STEP 02
Options & master planning
Master layout and investment scenarios.
STEP 03
Design & cost estimate
Coordinated design documents with the total investment estimate.
STEP 04
Review & approval
Documents submitted for appraisal, with clarifications.
STEP 05
Supervision & management
Oversight through acceptance and handover.
Before finalizing a master layout, we ask exactly one question: how does this facility run at peak hour?
A layout that cannot answer that smoothly is not yet an option — and that is the difference between a pretty drawing and a facility that can actually operate.
Clients
Project owners who have entrusted their projects to CGD
Most are logistics, aviation and infrastructure companies. For this client group, our consulting documents are read by the very people who will operate the facility.
Aviation Logistics Joint Stock Company
International Trade Investment and Services Joint Stock Company
Airports Corporation of Vietnam
Tay Ninh Logistics Joint Stock Company
Aviation Import-Export Joint Stock Company
Dabaco Vietnam Group
CTCP Hanel
Honda automobile and motorbike dealer — D&C General Trading Investment Joint Stock Company
Hoang Phat Group Joint Stock Company
Archi Reenco Hoa Binh Joint Stock Company
LOD Human Resources Development Joint Stock Company
Van Thuan Logistics Center
International Manpower & Investment Corporation
People's Security College IAnd other investors
Hong Van Port Joint Stock CompanySon Tay Port Joint Stock CompanyKhang Viet Ha Joint Stock CompanyICD Hanoi Company LimitedALS Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock CompanyLoc Ha International Joint Stock CompanyMinh Phuc Joint Stock CompanyToan Cau Investment, Construction and Trading Joint Stock CompanyTruong Thanh Trading and Construction Company LimitedHome360.vn
Vision & mission
Effective, sustainable logistics infrastructure consulting
CGD advises on planning, design, review and supervision for logistics infrastructure — from concept to a facility that works.
MOTTO
“Quality builds reputation”
We stay with the project until it is in operation.
4 core values
Quality
As committed, on schedule.
Professional
The right expertise for every discipline.
Dedicated
We stay with the project through to handover.
Innovation
We use technology where it adds efficiency.
Field notes
What we often have to explain again at the first meeting
Notes drawn from real project files, written for project owners, not for colleagues.
Dry port & ICD
How many lanes does a port gate handling 1,500 trucks a day need? From 2 to 11, depending on how processing is done
For the same 1,500 trucks/day, a manual gate needs 11 lanes, an OCR gate 4, and a pre-registration card gate 2. One lane short, waiting time can rise from 4 minutes to over 30 minutes.
Read article →
Logistics
How many m² of land does a 10,000-pallet warehouse need? From 0.5 to 1.06 ha, depending on racking and throughput
For the same 10,000 pallets, the warehouse can range from 2,300 to 6,100 m² and the site from 5,200 to 10,600 m². Height, racking type and daily pallet movements largely decide it.
Read article →
Cold storage
How many kW of power does a 5,000-pallet cold store need, and what is the annual electricity bill?
A 5,000-pallet freezer store needs about 70–140 kW of compressor power, with electricity costs of 0.7–1.4 billion VND/year. The biggest variable is not the panels but the air infiltrating through the doors.
Read article →Quick check · 2 minutes
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| Head office | No. 358 Lang Street, Dong Da Ward, Hanoi |
| Office | No. 2 Ton That Thuyet, Tu Liem Ward, Hanoi |
| Phone | 0243 212 3042 · 0989 229 628 |
| cgdvietnam@gmail.com | |
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