
HCM CITY PORT STOPS RECEIVING IMPORTS AS CONTAINERS PILE UP
Tân Cảng - Cát Lái Port in HCM City’s newly created Thủ Đức city will temporarily stop accepting imports by businesses that have suspended production so t…

HCM CITY PLANS TO REPLACE TRƯỜNG THỌ PORT WITH NEW ICD
HCM City authorities are working on a new inland container depot (ICD) to be built in Long Bình Ward, District 9, to replace the existing Trường Thọ Port com…

SEAPORTS FACE CHALLENGING FORECASTS
Despite reaching better business performance in 2021 so far compared to a problem-strewn previous year, foreign-invested joint venture seaports are faci…

VIETNAMESE INVESTORS, CONTRACTORS STRUGGLE DUE TO HIGHER STEEL PRICE
Although local iron and steel prices have dropped, they are still at high rates, up 1.7 times compared to the end of 2020, causing investors and construction…

SEAPORT DOUBLE H1 PROFITS DESPITE PANDEMIC
According to the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC), seaports under the corporation’s management handled 67 million tons of cargo in the first half of t…

HO CHI MINH CITY PROPOSES 3-MONTH DELAY FOR SEAPORT FEES
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed delaying the collection of seaport infrastructure fees for three months to help businesses weather t…

FREIGHT COSTS WEIGH DOWN ON DISRUPTED BUSINESSES
Phan Van Viet, chairman of jeans and khaki producer Viet Thang Jean Co., Ltd. (VitaJean), said that the costs to ship goods in a shipping container have tripl…

SOUTH KOREA OPENS NEW CONTAINER SHIPPING ROUTE TO VIETNAM
South Korea’s opening a new container shipping route to Vietnam will create more favourable conditions for enterprises to increase bilateral export activities.