Logistics services grow by 15% in 2022
Hanoi (VNA) – Members
of the Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) recorded a business growth rate of about 15% this year, contributing to the country’s all-high trade value of
732 billion USD.
As of December 30,
VLA admitted additional 128 members, bringing its total membership to 659.
This year, VLA sent
over 20 documents to State management agencies, detailing proposals such as
waiver and reduction of seaport fees in Ho Chi Minh City and the northern port
city of Hai Phong. As a result, the two localities adopted the policy for each
case.
Via
forums of the National Steering Committee on ASEAN Single Window, National Single Window and
Trade Facilitation (Committee 1899), the Government also recognised the need to turn
logistics into a national competitive.
The
VLA also initiated a scheme to develop a fleet of international container ships
to ease dependency on foreign ship operators, given that about 90% of Vietnam’s
export-import goods are via waterway and over 90% of them are carried by
foreign vessels.
Recently on December
29, the Saigon Newport Corporation and Vietnam Maritime
Corporation welcomed Container Tan Cang Foundation container ship to the Mekong
Delta city of Can Tho from Hai Phong city, showing their efforts to launch
regular ship services between the two cities, contributing to reducing
logistics costs and opening up a new development way for export-import in the
Mekong Delta.
Also for the first
time this year, VLA has embarked on a project to improve logistics capacity at
the provincial and municipal level. It also actively held and attended many
forums on logistics and relevant fields, particularly the Vietnam Logistics
Forum 2022 held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, thus raising public
awareness of the crucial role of logistics services in the socio-economic life.
It also won the
right to host the World Congress of the International Federation of Freight
Forwarders’ Association (FIATA) in 2025 in Hanoi./.