It is located about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Hanoi in Tinh Gia District of Thanh Hóa Province.

[1] Planned capacity is 200,000 barrels per day (32,000 m3/d), slightly greater than that of Vietnam's first Dung Quat refinery.

[2][3] The site-clearing phase entailed the resettlement of 350 households with 1,500 people and the surface leveling of the area.

[2] The refinery project will also include petrochemical complex, energy facilities, pipeline and storage systems.

In addition to LPG, unleaded gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel and FO, the refinery is projected to produce bitumen, propylene and BTX as a raw material for the petrochemical industry.