The Prime Minister has recently asked the Ministry of Transport (MoT)and the Vietnam Maritime Administration to concentrate resources to dealwith a serious shortage of deep-water ports, which forces Vietnam ’simport-export goods to transit other countries.
Accordingly, Lach Huyen port complex in the northern port city of HaiPhong and Cai Mep and Ben Dinh port complexes in the southernprovince of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will be the priority in the next fiveyears.
The MoT is also assigned to focus investmentin container ports and general ports in Cai Mep, Ben Dinh and Sao Mai inthe Vung Tau Port , a gateway in the country’s southern region.
In mid-March, the nation’s first deep-watercontainer port Tan Cang Cai Mep was officially put into operation in BaRia-Vung Tau, allowing businesses to directly ship their commodities tothe US and Europe, reducing transportation time by 7-10 days.
This also creates a foundation for Vietnam to open a containertransportation route linking the Mekong Delta region and Cambodia .
The Vietnam Maritime Administration reported that thecountry now has 266 seaports, most of them are small-scale ones, with acombined capacity of only 100 million tonnes while the total volume ofgoods going through the ports stood at 259 million tonnes last year.
Another problem is that Vietnam invested in only 13 metre-deepports over the years, which are unable to receive regular largecontainers ships.
As a result, a large volume ofcommodities have to transit through third countries such as Singapore,Malaysia and the Republic of Korea, affecting Vietnamese goods’competitive edge and business efficiency, the administration said./.
Accordingly, Lach Huyen port complex in the northern port city of HaiPhong and Cai Mep and Ben Dinh port complexes in the southernprovince of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will be the priority in the next fiveyears.
The MoT is also assigned to focus investmentin container ports and general ports in Cai Mep, Ben Dinh and Sao Mai inthe Vung Tau Port , a gateway in the country’s southern region.
In mid-March, the nation’s first deep-watercontainer port Tan Cang Cai Mep was officially put into operation in BaRia-Vung Tau, allowing businesses to directly ship their commodities tothe US and Europe, reducing transportation time by 7-10 days.
This also creates a foundation for Vietnam to open a containertransportation route linking the Mekong Delta region and Cambodia .
The Vietnam Maritime Administration reported that thecountry now has 266 seaports, most of them are small-scale ones, with acombined capacity of only 100 million tonnes while the total volume ofgoods going through the ports stood at 259 million tonnes last year.
Another problem is that Vietnam invested in only 13 metre-deepports over the years, which are unable to receive regular largecontainers ships.
As a result, a large volume ofcommodities have to transit through third countries such as Singapore,Malaysia and the Republic of Korea, affecting Vietnamese goods’competitive edge and business efficiency, the administration said./.
