Cai Lan Port is a deep marine port, one of the most important ports in the North of Vietnam. With the natural advantages of a deep and large basin adjacent to mouth of the sea and navigable channels, Cai Lan Port has been developed to satisfy the requirements of marine transportation. Currently, the port can handle ships with a capacity of 25,000 tons. In future, Cai Lan Port will be a developed and enlarged into a modern, deep marine port of international standard to serve the north of Viet Nam. It is estimated that the port will reach a capacity of 14.2  million tons/year by 2010.