Pilot results
VNPost Pilot in Ho Chi Minh City: 26% fewer trips and 21% fewer kilometres per tonne of cargo
In July 2026 Route4Green planned routes alongside the fixed-route plan of Vietnam Post (VNPost) at one sorting hub in Ho Chi Minh City: same order data, 5 operating days.
Scope of the Pilot
- Customer
- Vietnam Post (VNPost)
- Area
- Ho Chi Minh City, one sorting hub
- Operating days
- 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 July 2026
- Fleet
- 14 trucks
- Service points
- 105 post offices
- Comparison
- Plan against plan
- Baseline distance
- Planned fixed-route distance
Results, normalised per tonne of cargo
-26%
trips per tonne of cargo, from 0.865 to 0.639 trips per tonne
Pilot with Vietnam Post in Ho Chi Minh City, 5 operating days in July 2026, plan against plan.
-21%
distance per tonne of cargo, from 26.81 to 21.13 km per tonne
Pilot with Vietnam Post in Ho Chi Minh City, 5 operating days in July 2026, plan against plan.
+35%
cargo per route, from 1,157 to 1,564 kg per route
Pilot with Vietnam Post in Ho Chi Minh City, 5 operating days in July 2026, plan against plan.
Raw totals, and why we do not use them
Across the 5 days, the VNPost fixed-route plan moved 299,508 kg on 259 trips and 8,030 km. The Route4Green plan covered 186,122 kg on 119 trips and 3,932 km, which is 62.1% of the volume, because the fixed routes also carried cargo for points outside the Pilot scope. Computed raw, that reads as 54% fewer trips and 51% fewer kilometres, but it compares two different volumes. So every figure above is divided by the tonnes of cargo in its own plan.
How to read these three figures
What these three figures say, and what they do not.
- Plan against plan: the Route4Green plan against the VNPost fixed routes for the same days, not the distance actually driven.
- Baseline km are planned fixed-route km, not odometer km. Plans usually carry a margin, so part of the 21% may be that margin rather than less driving.
- Five non-consecutive days with no Monday, Friday or peak day: not a monthly average, not typical of every operation.
- Cargo per route is total kg, deliveries and pickups, divided by routes. It is not vehicle capacity utilisation.
- No cost, working hours or emissions saving is published: the two sides lacked matching cost components for a fair comparison, so those figures were withdrawn.
What this Pilot does not conclude
- No live shift with real trucks ran on a Route4Green plan; field checks only compared computed distances. Nothing is concluded about loading, site access limits or same-day delivery deadlines.
- Peak load was not checked leg by leg, so we do not claim every route is feasible on capacity.
- No commitment on service level, availability, processing speed or scale. A 5 day measurement is not a service commitment.
Why the result comes from assigning orders
A fixed route gives each vehicle a preset group of post offices, light day or heavy. With a day's orders and all 14 trucks in one planning run, the core reassigns post offices for that day's volume, then sequences the stops. So fewer vehicles leave the yard for the same cargo.
Next: a Pilot on your own data
One data point is not enough to decide on. The standard 8 week Pilot adds a mandatory live shift on odometer readings and six acceptance criteria signed before day one, to close these gaps.