Measures sought to optimise Vietnam-Cambodia logistic route
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Newport Corporation held a workshop to seek measures to strengthen connectivity and develop Vietnam – Cambodia logistic
service route on October 28 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The event, held within
the framework of the Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Economic Production Exhibition
2023 (VIDEX 2023) in Phnom Penh from October 25-29, brought together over 150 representatives from agencies, associations, and businesses
from Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand plus over 400 businesses participating
online.
Speaking at the event,
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang affirmed it is a valuable
opportunity for delegates and businesses of Vietnam and Cambodia to discuss,
and share experience, as well as propose solutions to develop
logistics activities between the two countries, contributing to boost
their economic cooperation in the coming time.
Bui Van Quy, Deputy
General Director of the Sai Gon Newport Corporation and President of the ASEAN Ports
Association, highlighted that Cambodia, with the "golden" position in the
Mekong River sub-region and a convergence point on the East-West economic
corridor, boasts many opportunities to become a regional logistics hub.
With the advantage of waterway connection through the Mekong
River system, and road routes and bordergates connecting Vietnam and Thailand, Cambodia
has much potential to develop logistics services in the region, thus contributing to socio-economic development of Cambodia in particular and the Mekong sub-region
in general.
In 2022, the output of
goods transported by the waterway, which is considered a "green transport
solution" connecting Vietnam and Cambodia via the Mekong River, reached
more than 394,000 TEU, Quy said, highlighting logistics activities on the
Vietnam - Cambodia route in his company’s
strategy to expand and develop in Cambodia as well as other regional countries.
At the workshop,
participants were informed about the current situation, potential, advantages,
and logistics connectivity and development solutions between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Within the framework of the event, a cooperation document was signed between the Sai Gon Newport Corporation and Phnom Penh
Autonomous Port (PPAP), along with many others reached between Vietnamese and Cambodian
businesses./.