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Another batch of smuggled ivory was found at Lach Huyen international port in the northern city of Hai Phong on February 6, the second of its kind within seven days.

The Management Board of Hai Phong Economic Zones on September 27 handed over an investment certificate on a project building terminals 5 and 6 in Hai Phong Port’s Lach Huyen port area to HATECO Group JSC.

A project building container terminals No 3 and 4 at the Hai Phong International Gateway Port in the Lach Huyen Port area was launched in the northern port city on May 12.

The northern port city of Hai Phong is working to develop logistics services so that they will contribute 25 – 30 percent of its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) by 2030.

Customs forces in the northern city of Hai Phong discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 10 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has urged Hai Phong to fully tap its potential and advantages in order to boost socio-economic development, thus creating an impetus for the northern key economic region.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) opened a new chapter in the northern port city of Hai Phong last week.

A sea bridge that is over 5.44km long, part of Tan Vu-Lach Huyen Highway in the northern port city of Hai Phong, was put into operation on September 2, becoming one of the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) and Belgian Rent-A-Port N.V signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 30 on the possibility to cooperate in grain specialised port, processing zone and logistics system projects in Lach Huyen port and Dinh Vu industrial zone, in Hai Phong city.

Tan Vu-Lach Huyen bridge, the to-be longest cross-sea bridge in Southeast Asia, will undergo a test run to check loading capacity on May 14.