A freight train passes the Laoo Cai Inland Container Depot in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. (Photo icdlaocai.com) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam needs about 9 trillion -15 trillion VND (397-661.5 millionUSD) to develop its inland container depots (ICD) over the next three years,while funding for the following decade will be about 20 trillion - 22 trillion VND(882-970.2 million USD).
This is part of a newly-approved GovernmentDecision 2072/QĐ-TTg on adjustments to the master plan for Vietnam’s inlandcontainer depot development to 2020, with a vision to 2030.
The decision replaces Decision 2223/QĐ-TTg onICD development master plan dated 2011. According to the Government, theadjustments aim to help inland container depot systems meet increasing demandsfor export-import transport, increase sea port capacity for goods clearance,ensure the safety of goods and reduce traffic congestion in urban areas.
Inland container depots will be developed intohubs for organising goods transport and providing logistics services. By 2020,inland container depots are expected to deal with at least 15-20 percent of thevolume of goods containers, with a total capacity of 4-6.84 million20-foot-equivalent unit (TEU)/year.
The figures are expected to reach at least 25-30percent and between 12-17.6 million TEU/year, respectively, by 2030.
Fifteen inland container deports will be builtacross the country.
Six ICDs in the North are planned in the coastaleconomic zone, Hanoi - Lao Cai economic corridor, Hanoi – Lang Son economiccorridor, the economic zone in the north-west of Hanoi, the zone in thesouth-east of Hanoi, and the Hanoi – Thai Nguyen – Cao Bang economic corridor.
Six ICDs in the central and Central Highlandsare planned to be in the Highway 9 economic corridor, Highway 19 economiccorridor, Da Nang –Thua Thien Hue - Highway 14 economic area, the CentralHighland Region, Nghi Son Economic Zone, Highway 8 economic corridor, andHighway 12A economic corridor.
Three ICDs in the south are planned in theeconomic zones in the north east of HCM City, the south west of HCM City andthe Mekong Delta Region.
In the next three years, the work will focus ondeveloping inland container deports along transport corridors connecting tolarge seaports such as Hai Phong Port in the north and Cai Mep - Thi Vai Portin the south.
Investment priority will be given to ports closeto industrial clusters and parks, export processing zones, logistics centresand international border gates.
According to Government Decree 38/2017/ND-CP onthe development and management of ICDs in Vietnam, ICDs are used to wrap andunload goods transported via containers and move them to sea ports and otherlocations.
They are also used to complete customsprocedures on imports and exports, temporarily store goods and repaircontainers.
New ICDs must have a minimum area of fivehectares with at least two forms of transport available.
Figures from the Ministry of Transport show thatthere are 20 ICDs in Vietnam.
There are 10 in the North, which are connectedwith Hai Phong. However, most have no connection with railways and waterways.Thus, these ICDs are restricted to supplying road transport services.
In the South, 10 ICDs are connected with the seaports of Vung Tau and HCM City, seven of which are linked with domesticwaterways.
These ICDs operate more effectively. Up to 80percent of goods nationwide are transported via these depots. However, someICDs are located inside the city, causing traffic jams, and thus needrelocation.-VNA
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