Vietnam Sea Ports and Ferry Terminals: OpenStreetMap Geospatial Export

Vietnam maritime infrastructure data extracted from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) as of March 2026. It captures ferry terminals and port facilities across the country, including both point and polygon geometries. The dataset provides localized naming and administrative attributes for transport nodes.

Use Cases

• Spatial analysis of maritime transport networks using 'port' and 'amenity' tags
• Logistics planning based on 'addr:city' and 'addr:full' location data
• Infrastructure ownership studies using the 'operator:type' field

Strengths

• Available in four standard GIS formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, and KML
• Includes localized Vietnamese ('name:vi') and English ('name:en') labels
• Filtered specifically for maritime infrastructure using multiple OSM tag combinations

Limitations

• Subject to crowdsourcing bias where remote ports may be less detailed than urban terminals
• Attribute consistency varies as fields are not mandatory for OSM contributors

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Crowdsourced geospatial data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) pipeline.

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Vietnam