Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s sea ports have berthedsome 4,900 foreign vessels over the last two months, a decline of 6 percentyear-on-year, according to the Vietnam Marine Administration.
The fall was due largely to the impact of COVID-19, which is resultingin major fluctuations in the transport sector, a representative of theadministration said.
Despite the lower number of foreign ships, the volume of import and export goods through ports grew.In January and February, 35.3 million tonnes of imports and 26 million tonnesof exports were handled at ports nationwide. The former represented an annual increaseof 14 percent while the latter was as same as that last year.
In particular, nearly 1.3 million TEUs for exports and 1.2 million for importswere handled during the period, up 32 and 16 percent, respectively, year-on-year;the highest growth since the pandemic began.
Meanwhile, the arrival of domestic vessels totalled 5,300, up 11percent year-on-year./.
