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A conference seeking measures to promote links and partnerships in developing the logistics industry in the northern port city of Hai Phong was held on April 23.

Setting up an industrial park and a logistics centre this year is part of a development plan for 2021-25 that Hau Giang province in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has just unveiled.

Ho Chi Minh City has approved a 4.1 billion USD project to develop its logistics sector over the next 10 years. This is one of the city’s 45 "breakthrough" projects that aims to have the sector contribute 12 percent of the gross regional domestic product by 2030.

Home to a series of national key transportation projects from road, waterway to airway, with geographical advantages, Hai Phong has many potentials and advantages to connect and development logistics.

Ho Chi Minh City is working on a logistics development strategy that would make the city a major logistics hub and reduce logistic costs to 16 percent of Vietnam's GDP in 2025.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has issued a plan to cut logistics costs and effectively connect the city’s transport system.

A seminar to discuss policy recommendations to support logistics development in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on October 29.

The World Bank and Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport have launched the Vietnam Logistics Statistical System Project.

A detailed plan on logistics development, especially on transport connectivity, is needed to set goals for industrial production, agriculture and imports-exports, experts have urged.

Provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta need to focus on speeding up agricultural production, tourism and services to tap the region’s potential, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue had a working session with the World Bank (WB)’s Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione, in Hanoi on June 26 to discuss trade facilitation, logistics development and on-stop-shop model.

Vietnam will accelerate the development of logistics services to facilitate trade and improve the economy’s competitiveness, according to an action plan approved recently by the Prime Minister.

A workshop will be held in Can Tho in mid-November to discuss strategies for developing logistics systems in the Mekong Delta, which currently has few.