Provincial People's Committee approved detailed planning 1/500 domestic port area and general store in Tan Thanh district which is invested by Ba Ria- Vung Tau General Trade Company (Getraco).

MOL received government approval to establish a new joint terminal operating company in Vietnam.

Ministry of Transport has lately issued official documents to the project management board of Hai Phong Port to ask for reducing 16.6 billion dong in the bidding package No 1 of Hai Phong Port project  the second phase to be conducted by Japanese tender of PENTA-TOA. Therefore, the total value of the contract after the adjustment was posted at 5.596 million yen and 290.1 billion dong.

Hong Kong-based Famous Pacific Shipping said it has started a weekly ocean freight consolidation service from Hong Kong to Odessa, Ukraine.

The Gujarat-based Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited is in talks with Vietnam to set up a port in that country.

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has announced that from 1st October it will call at the Egyptian port of Alexandria as part of its Adriatic Express Service (ADX).

The Indian government is considering a proposal to allow private operators in major ports to independently fix tariffs for activities like cargo and container handling and documentation based on the demand and supply factors, according to a senior government official said, the Economic Times reported.

Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba presented Vietnamese Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh with the commitment at a signing ceremony in Hanoi on September 21, stressing the importance of the project in tightening security and combating terrorism at one of Vietnam's largest seaports.

The Vietnam General Department of Customs has urged its subordinates to streamline customs procedures for imports and exports at international ports, according to the department's Instruction No. 1819.

The HCMC government on Monday urged Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company (IPC) to speed up work on the 2.2-kilometer road linking Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park with HCMC’s North-South Axis road by the end of November.