A new productivity record of 190 moves/hour was attained by Tan Cang – Cai Mep International Terminal Co., Ltd., "TCIT", when it served for the M/V MOL PROGRESS V.061W sailed on 15th Feb. 2012. This is a remarkable container handling performance and a good evidence that TCIT is the best terminal in Vietnam.

Plans to transform first ports into property projects with high-rise buildings were gathering pace, said Hoang Xuan Thu, director of Ho Chi Minh City planning information centre. The earmarked ports are Tan Cang, Saigon Port's Khanh Hoi and Nha Rong, Ben Nghe, Vegeport and Tan Thuan Dong ports, plus Ba Son shipyard.

Ho Chi Minh City port removal plans are on the back foot due to capital shortages and poor infrastructure.

The construction of Tan Thuan tidal sluice will affect five major ports in the city, said HCMC Port Authority in a statement sent to the Steering Committee for the Urban Flood Control Program.

Van Phong Transshipment Port in Khanh Hoa Province is expected help boosting economic development of the central region and Central Highlands but construction of the container port is slow. Almost two years ago, a big groundbreaking ceremony for the port project took place in Van Ninh District, pining hope on making the place a transshipment hub for Vietnam. However, the current picture there is like a sleeping child.

Few container ships have docked at Cai Mep-Thi Vai area in southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau despite a number of modern container seaports with investments worth several billions of US dollars, eported Vietnam News Brief Service.

In 2011, although encountering difficulties, by the efforts of labor collectives, Baria Serece Port completed business tasks with the amount of goods through the port of more than 4.6 million tons, motivated and made Baria Serece Port confident about its business situation in 2012.

The Van Phong international transhipment port construction project in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa is calling for foreign investors.

Despite a number of modern container seaports with investments worth several billions of US dollars established in its waters, the Cai Mep - Thi Vai area in Ba Ria- Vung Tau province has docked a modest number of container vessels.

While the seaports in HCM City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau have been always overloaded, the ports in the west of the southern region can only operate at 25-50 percent of the designed capacity.