Ho Chi Minh City and the industrial provinces around it produce the country's densest flow of fabrication offcuts. What the city does not have is an electric arc furnace. Material collected here travels to the Phu My mills in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and that journey sits inside every price a yard can offer.
Scrap metal prices per kg in Ho Chi Minh City
| Scrap type | Price (VND) | Change | Global reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-ferrous (per kg) | |||
| Copper Scrap | ₫300,902 / kg | ▲ +2.30% | $5.78 / lb |
| Aluminum Scrap | ₫42,168 / kg | ▲ +1.25% | $0.81 / lb |
| Brass Scrap | ₫182,207 / kg | ▲ +1.45% | $3.50 / lb |
| Stainless Steel Scrap | ₫29,674 / kg | ▲ +0.00% | $0.57 / lb |
| Lead Scrap | ₫30,715 / kg | ▲ +0.00% | $0.59 / lb |
| Zinc Scrap | ₫46,853 / kg | ▲ +0.00% | $0.90 / lb |
| Battery Scrap | ₫11,974 / kg | ▲ +0.00% | $0.23 / lb |
| Radiator Scrap | ₫172,837 / kg | ▲ +2.15% | $3.32 / lb |
| Wire Scrap | ₫145,245 / kg | ▲ +2.20% | $2.79 / lb |
| Cable Scrap | ₫96,830 / kg | ▲ +2.20% | $1.86 / lb |
| Electronic Scrap | ₫41,647 / kg | ▲ +2.56% | $0.80 / lb |
| Ferrous and bulk (per tonne) | |||
| Steel Scrap | ₫7,808,886 / tonne | ▲ +0.00% | $300 / ton |
| Iron Scrap | ₫6,871,820 / tonne | ▲ +0.00% | $264 / ton |
| Car Scrap | ₫9,370,663 / tonne | ▲ +0.00% | $360 / ton |
| Cast Iron | ₫7,496,531 / tonne | ▲ +0.00% | $288 / ton |
Indicative dealer prices for clean, sorted scrap in Vietnam, shown here for Ho Chi Minh City. Individual yards quote around this level by grade, volume and condition; the derivation from exchange benchmarks and the exchange rate (1 USD = 25,949.12 VND) is described in the methodology section below.
Ho Chi Minh City scrap price chart (VND)
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The scrap market in Ho Chi Minh City
The southern industrial belt around Ho Chi Minh City is where Vietnam's export-oriented metal fabrication is concentrated. Binh Duong and Dong Nai, both within reach of the city, are dense with workshops doing machining, stamping, welding and finishing, and that work generates a steady stream of clean, sorted offcuts rather than the mixed household material that dominates most collection markets. For a buyer, that is high-quality feedstock; for a seller, it means the material is worth separating properly because there is a real premium for consistency.
What the city lacks is a furnace. The electric arc furnaces that consume Vietnamese scrap sit at Phu My in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, roughly a province away, so ferrous collected in Ho Chi Minh City is consolidated and trucked south rather than melted locally. That freight is inside the price, and it is why the same grade can be quoted differently here and in Vung Tau on the same day.
- Region
- Southeast Vietnam
- Currency
- Vietnamese dong (VND), quoted per kilogram
- Local furnace
- None; ferrous travels to the Phu My mills in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
- Supply
- Fabrication offcuts from the Binh Duong and Dong Nai industrial belt
Where the scrap yards are in Ho Chi Minh City
- Binh Duong and Dong Nai industrial parks, where fabrication offcuts are generated in volume.
- Saigon port area, where export-oriented logistics concentrate.
- City districts served by phe lieu collectors buying household and workshop material.
What pays well in Ho Chi Minh City
- Clean fabrication offcuts from machining and stamping shops, consistent enough to command a premium.
- Separated copper and aluminium from electronics and electrical work.
- Consolidated ferrous volume, where one trip south is worth making.
Selling scrap metal in Ho Chi Minh City: rules, ID and payment
There is no scrap dealer licence in Vietnam, so the domestic trade runs on ordinary business registration. The checks that matter are practical: separate before you go, agree the price per kilogram before weighing, and for industrial volume ask a buyer where the material is going, because a consolidator feeding the Phu My mills and one selling on locally have different economics.
Before any sale, check the live board above, sort by grade and get quotes from two or three buyers; the best scrap price guide covers the routine and the calculator turns a weight into a figure at today's price. To judge whether a local quote is competitive, our note on telling a well-paying yard from a headline rate sets out the benchmark test.
Ho Chi Minh City scrap price FAQ
What is the scrap copper price in Ho Chi Minh City today?
As of the latest update, the indicative price for clean number 1 copper is about ₫300,902 per kg in VND. Ho Chi Minh City yards typically quote within a few percent of that figure either side, depending on grade, volume and the buyer; the live board above shows all fifteen grades.
Is there a steel mill in Ho Chi Minh City?
Not an electric arc furnace. The furnaces that melt Vietnamese scrap are clustered at Phu My in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. Ferrous collected in the city is consolidated and moved south, and that journey is inside the local price.
What kind of scrap does this market generate?
More industrial offcut than household metal. The fabrication belt in Binh Duong and Dong Nai produces machining, stamping and welding offcuts in volume, which is cleaner and more consistent feedstock than mixed household scrap.
Why does the same grade fetch a different price here than in Vung Tau?
Distance to the furnace. A buyer in Vung Tau is next to the mills; a buyer here has to move the material a province south first, and that cost comes out of the quote.
Are Ho Chi Minh City prices different from the national board?
The board on this page is the Vietnam indicative level, and Ho Chi Minh City yards trade around it rather than exactly on it. Local competition, freight to the nearest consumer and the day's export demand set the spread, which is why two quotes in the same city can differ by several percent on the same morning.
Sources and methodology
The Ho Chi Minh City board uses the Vietnam indicative prices: global exchange benchmarks (COMEX copper, CME aluminum and steel, NYMEX platinum and palladium, IMF monthly lead, zinc and nickel) multiplied by typical yard recovery shares, a local market factor of 0.91 and the day's exchange rate. The full method, the recovery shares and the correction policy are on our editorial policy page; local notes on this page are reviewed against published dealer information and reader corrections sent to info@scrappricetoday.com.
Prices are indicative and for information only; they are not offers to buy or sell. Yard quotes in Ho Chi Minh City vary by grade, volume, condition and buyer.
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