After 30 years of development, the Vietnam Seaports Association (VPA) has officially launched a policy to expand its associate membership to logistics enterprises, inland container depots (ICDs), river ports, and research, consulting and training institutions operating in the port and logistics sector. Mr. Nguyễn Xuân Kỳ, Secretary General of VPA, …
Read More »SSIT WELCOMES A NEW INTER-ASIA SERVICE “SAOLA” FROM MSC
On July 23, 2024, SP-SSA International Terminal (SSIT) successfully welcomed the MSC VIGOUR III, a new standalone Intra-Asia service called “SAOLA”, belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest shipping line and one of the top global businesses engaged in the shipping and logistics sector with Head Office in …
Read More »Saigon Newport announced Tan Cang – Long Binh dry port and Organized the Customer Appreciation Conference in Dong Nai
Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) organized the Announcement Ceremony of Tan Cang – Long Binh dry port (TCLB) and Customer Appreciation Conference on March 29, 2023 in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province. The event highlighted the crucial role of TCLB Dry Port in SNP’s eco- system of integrated logistics and …
Read More »Non-state sector becomes main driver of HCM City’s foreign trade in nine months
HCM City (VNA) – Non-state sector became the main driver of Ho Chi Minh City’s foreign trade during the first nine months of this year, with its exports and imports increasing 3.5 percent and 39.7 percent, respectively, according to the municipal statistics office. The country’s southern economic hub saw foreign …
Read More »Hai Phong grants investment certificate to terminal construction project
At the certificate handover event (Photo: VNA) Hai Phong (VNA) – The Management Board of Hai Phong Economic Zones on September 27 handed over an investment certificate on a project building terminals 5 and 6 in Hai Phong Port’s Lach Huyen port area to HATECO Group JSC. The project was given …
Read More »Quantum Group plans Covid vaccine production facility in Vietnam
HCMC – The United States’ Quantum Group, during a meeting with State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in New York on September 22, said it was planning to develop a Covid-19 vaccine production facility in Vietnam. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session, State President Phuc met …
Read More »Vietnam sets record in steel export revenue in Aug
HCMC – Vietnam’s steel export revenue hit a record high of US$1.5 billion in August, equivalent to the figure seen in a quarter of 2020. Between January and August, the country exported 8.54 million tons of steel worth some US$7.1 billion, up 43.4% in volume and 127% in value year-on-year, according …
Read More »2021 a very special year for Swiss-Vietnamese partnership: Ambassador
On the occasion of the National Day of Switzerland (August 1), the upcoming visit to Vietnam by the European country’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, and the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Ivo Sieber wrote an article describing 2021 as a “very …
Read More »HCMC pilots seaport fee collection
A view of the Cat Lai Giang Nam Terminal in HCMC’s Thu Duc City. The Department of Transport has started piloting the collection of fees for using infrastructure facilities and public services at seaport terminals in the city – PHOTO: THANH HA HCMC – The HCMC Department of Transport began …
Read More »Businesses want HCM City to delay collection of port infrastructure fees
Cái Mép – Thị Vải port in HCM City. VNA/VNS Photo Compiled by Thiên Lý In December last year, the HCM City People’s Council issued a resolution on collecting fees for using infrastructure facilities and public services at local ports. The fees, to be collected from July 1 this year, …
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