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The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is striving to become an international logistics hub – manned by world-class logistics services centres. To realise the potential of its ports, Ba Ria-Vung Tau aims to become a world-class logistics hub Seated on international marine routes, Ba Ria-Vung Tau has favourable conditions …

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed the prime minister to approve the investment plan of the VND6.96 trillion ($311.9 million) seaport and industrial park complex invested by a consortium of three foreign investors in Quang Yen town of the northern province of Quang Ninh. The consortium includes CDC …

China Shipping’s CSCL Star, a container vessel with loading capacity up to 160,000 tonnes, docked in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province’s Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) on October 29. The freighter – 366 metres long and more than 51 metres wide  can carry over 14,000 TEUs (a unit measuring …

The Vietnam Maritime Administration has expressed the intention to downsize ports in HCMC to divert ships to the underperforming Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The administration will write to the Ministry of Transport proposing limiting cargo throughput at the city’s ports to help the Cai …

Ha Tinh Minerals and Trading Corporation and the Viet Nam-Laos Vung Ang Port Joint Stock Company co-organized a groundbreaking ceremony for Vung Ang port wharf No 3 project at Vung Ang economic zone in the central Ha Tinh province on September 22. Vung Ang port wharf No 3 project reached …

Hai Phong Port Joint Stock Company lists on the Hanoi Stock Exchange with the code PHP on August 12. About 326.96 million shares will be listed with a reference price of 16,500 VND (76 US cents) each. In the first six months of this year, the port carried 11.39 million …

The Quy Nhon General Port in central Binh Dinh Province has been overloaded in recent years, having to handle nearly 2.5 times its designed capacity annually. Despite temporary measures being taken, the port faced numerous obstacles in handling the increasing amount of goods it had to service. Chairman of the …

The second Vietnam Marine-based Economic Forum 2011 (VMEF 2011) will be held in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on June 8. Themed “Momentums and challenges for the development of Vietnam ‘s coastal economic zones”, VMEF 2011 will discuss the country’s marine-based economic development strategies and …

Ho Chi Minh City, June 22, 2011, the 9th ASEAN Port and Shipping 2011 Vietnam Conference & Exhibition will take place at Windsor Plaza Hotel. This is the second time SPCT attending the conference and exhibition with participation of around 350 Senior Executive Delegates from ASEAN countries. The event is …

A Vietnam-US Business Forum themed “Doing Business in Vietnam” was held in New York on July 13 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the US Chamber of Commerce. The forum attracted 25 Vietnamese businesses and more than 30 US groups and companies in the fields of banking, …