The top leader said Vietnam must maintain core capabilities in vessel design, building, repair, conversion and technical maintenance to ensure resilience against supply-chain disruptions, market volatility and emergencies.
The three-day event features over 200 booths of more than 100 domestic and international exhibitors, including those from countries with developed maritime industries, such as Norway, the Netherlands, China, Finland, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore.
The container shipping route connecting the ports of Beibu Gulf (China), Hai Phong (Vietnam) and Kolkata (India) is destined to become a key strategic trade axis, contributing to the sustainable growth of both the regional and Vietnamese maritime industries.
The Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) recently signed a contract with the global research and strategic consulting firm Roland Berger to develop itself until 2030 with a vision to 2035.
The maritime industry still has ample room for development, requiring prompt mechanisms and policies to invest in seaports to promote transportation and logistics, and increase national competitiveness, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has stressed.
Vietnam has great potential for developing maritime industry, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim said during a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long at the IMO’s headquarters in London on November 22.
Vietnam welcomed two foreign commercial vessels, STARSHIP URSA of Marshall Island and CMA CGM J. ADAMS of Malta, to ports in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on February 12, which fall on the first day of the Lunar New Year, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VINAMARINE).
The revival of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) along with infrastructure will be a basis to help the country’s maritime giant to continue its ‘sailing’.
Although there have been some positive signs in recent years, Vietnam’s sea transport sector still face difficulties with many enterprises suffering heavy losses. The maritime industry is proposing support mechanisms to help the sector out of its stagnant state.
The sixth edition of INMEX Vietnam, one of the region’s most comprehensive international business platforms for the maritime industry, opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City on March 29.
