Vietnam’s seaport system has eight more terminals

Eight terminals have been added to the list of those at seaports in Vietnam, raising the total to 286.
Vietnam’s seaport system has eight more terminals ảnh 1A container ship docks at a terminal in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eight terminals havebeen added to the list of those at seaports in Vietnam, raising the total to286.

Among the newly added terminals, four are partof Vung Tau Seaport in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, according tothe list recently released by the Ministry of Transport.

The seaports of Hai Phong, Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai,and HCM City have one new terminal each.

At present, some seaport areas accommodatingmany terminals include Hai Phong (50 terminals); Vung Tau (46); Ho Chi MinhCity (42); Can Tho (21); Dong Nai (18); Khanh Hoa (16); Quang Ninh (13); DaNang (eight); Nghi Son, Nghe An, and Dung Quat (seven each); and Ha Tinh andBinh Thuan (six each).

The Vietnam Maritime Administration said with aterminal system spreading from the north to the south, Vietnamese seaports havebeen well-functioning as goods trading hubs amid the country’s intensiveintegration into the world.

Every year, seaports nationwide serve about120,000 vessel arrivals and record growth of nearly 16 percent in cargothroughput. They handled 692 million tonnes of goods in 2020./.
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