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The relatively nascent logistics sector in Vietnam has grown rapidly over the last decade but it is hampered by weaknesses including a dearth of qualified staff and a lack of professionalism, heard a conference Monday. Before 2000, there were not many Vietnamese firms involved in the sector compared to the …

The Indonesian government is looking to reduce overloading and delays at the Tanjung Priok port by penalising traders who fail to remove goods that clear Customs. A government-appointed team charged with assuring the smooth flow of exported and imported goods will arrange a series of meetings to provide solutions to …

Viet Nam’s food and beverage exports to the US are growing and likely to do so for many years, but manufacturers need to be aware of that country’s requirements, an American expert told a seminar in HCM City yesterday. Seafood being processed at a factory run by the International Development …

Delegations from Vietnam and Japan have closed approximately US$22 billion worth of trade agreements and business deals after what Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called a historic conference in Tokyo on Monday. The event’s organizers had to provide an extra 100 seats when 1,600 people showed up at the …

Vietnam’s government has extended a visa waiver program benefiting citizens of five European countries, just before the existing policy expires at the end of this month. This is the second one-year extension Vietnam has given to the visa-free policy applicable to German, French, British, Italian, and Spanish visitors since its …

The investment and trade promotion agency of HCMC on July 21 inaugurated Saigon Export Center in District 1 for local enterprises to display their products for export and find potential importers. Pho Nam Phuong, director of the HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC), said exhibitors at the center at …

Several export enterprises are optimistic about receiving orders from overseas markets in the second quarter of the year, a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office has revealed. As much as 42.9 per cent of the 3,245 respondents of the survey predicted that export orders would increase in the April-June …

Trade between Vietnam and Austria has been rapidly expanding over recent years, largely as a result of improved market analysis and research efforts targeting specific market segments, radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has reported. As a case in point, in the first week of October, a delegation of 12 …

All import-export shipments transported by containers are now officially tracked by customs agencies via Global Positioning System (GPS) devices following a decision by the General Department of Customs, effective from this month. The General Department of Customs issued Decision 2031/QD-TCHQ introducing regulations on the use of GPS in managing and …

Third-party logistics provider Damco and Vietnamese warehouse owner HTM (Construction and Mechanic HTM, JSC) have opened a new warehouse in North Vietnam to support key fashion/retail customers whose sourcing patterns are centred there. The long-term HTM’Damco partnership will lead to the development of more than 20,000 sq m of warehousing …