Dinh Vu port in Hai Phong (Photo: VNA) This objective is highlighted in the northern city's service sector developmentproject for 2030, with a long-term vision to 2045, including logisticsservices.
The city is also studying to develop a project to establish a free trade zone,considered a breakthrough solution to exploit the best advantages in thelogistics sector of Hai Phong.
The Politburo's Resolution 45 on building and development of Hai Phong city by2030, with a vision to 2045 also states that Hai Phong must be built into anational logistics service centre by 2025.
"By 2030, it will become a modern international logistics service centrewith sea, air, highway and high-speed rail".
According to former Secretary of the Hai Phong city Party Committee Tran LuuQuang, who has been appointed to the Government's Deputy Prime Minister, todevelop logistics services, Hai Phong will promote administrative reformand digital transformation in the field of seaports and logistics.
It will strengthen investment attraction and trade promotion, and formlogistics service chains with high added value and regional linkages.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Hai Phong has great advantagesin infrastructure of seaports, fishing ports, warehouses for industrialproduction, and import and export activities of goods.
At the same time, some of 14 industrial parks (IPs) are built on the basis oflogistics services to increase connectivity among enterprises at the supplychains.
In the past, Hải Phòng has focused on investing and upgrading seaportinfrastructure in line with the development trend of regional and internationalshipping. Its transport system is improved and more synchronous.
Many projects on developing logistics centres in industrial zones andeconomic zones (EZs) have also received licences of investment, such as alogistics centre invested by KM Cargo Services Hai Phong Co, Ltd with a capitalof 34.8 billion VND; a logistics project with total investment capital of 35million USD developed by ECPVN Hai Phòng 1; JD Property Logistics Park HaiPhong 1 project in the non-tariff zone and Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park with atotal investment of 32 million USD. Those have created new opportunities forthe logistics service industry in Hai Phong.
Quang said that in 2022, traditional and advantageous service sectors such asseaport and logistics services have made strong developments. They haveactively contributed to the socio-economic development of Hải Phòng and thenorthern key economic region.
Hai Phong's growth rate of logistics services is about 20-23% per year and thissector has accounted for 13-15% of the city's GRDP.
The volume of goods through the ports in the city has grown strongly,accounting for a large market share in the seaport system of the country.
Pointing to the service's shortcomings, Dan Duc Hiep, former Vice Chairman of themunicipal People's Committee, said that Hanoi has about 1,000 enterprisesregistering to provide logistics services, but they have limitedcompetitiveness and a low market share.
The majority of cargo volume via Hai Phong seaport continues to be transportedby road, putting great pressure on the transport system.
Meanwhile, transporting goods by rail and inland waterway is still weak.
There is also the problem of labour shortage, especially high-quality labour.Logistics and production enterprises of Hai Phong are always in a seriousshortage, especially logistics sales staff, logistics information technologystaff, and staff coordinating transportation and warehouse operations.
At the same time, most employees of enterprises lack logistics knowledge andskills. This will be a big challenge for the development of the service in thefuture.
According to forecasts, Hai Phong needs about 369,000 logistics workers by2025, including 252,600 trained workers. By 2030, this number will increase to460,000 employees, including 368,000 trained workers.
Human resources for the logistics sector in Vietnam in general and Hai Phong inparticular will still lack in both quality and quantity for many years in thefuture. The human resource at present meets only about 40-45% of the industry'sneeds.
Therefore, Hai Phong needs to have a strategy on sustainable development of humanresources for the logistics sector, Hiep said./.
VNA
