DIGITAL ERA UNLOCKS VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS
Vietnam’s logistics industry is estimated to be valued at $40-52 billion and is experiencing strong growth. However, the sector faces a series of challenges, including fragmented data, lack of transparency, and disjointed management systems, all leading to low operational efficiency and difficulties in ensuring service quality.
LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS PAVE THE WAY FOR EXPORTERS AMID TARIFF PRESSURES
Vietnamese authorities and international partners have emphasised strategic logistics reforms and enhanced cooperation as essential measures for exporters to overcome tariff pressures and build resilient, sustainable supply chains. At a seminar on seeking logistics solutions for import-export businesses facing US tariff barriers in Hanoi on June 19, Bui Quang Hung, deputy director general of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade), noted that 2025 marks a pivotal year for Vietnam’s logistics industry.
GOODS TRADE VIA LÀO CAI BORDER GATES SURGES TO $240 MILLION IN MAY
Total value of exports, imports, and the exchange of goods through border gates in the north province of Lào Cai, which borders China's Yunnan province, reached US$240 million in May, up 29.63 per cent month-on-month, statistics show. Since the beginning of 2025, cumulative trade value through local border gates has approached $944.4 million.
INT’L STANDARD MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE: KEY TO VIETNAMESE ENTERPRISES TO ENTER GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR ECOSYSTEM
Vietnam's semiconductor industry is expected to generate around US$21 billion in revenue in 2025, up 18% from 2024. The country’s electronics and semiconductor sectors are entering a phase of strong growth, fueled by rising global demand, government support policies, and competitive advantages in workforce and geographic location.
ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH PIONEERING TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE
Vietnam’s telecommunications sector will continue to play a key role in driving the digital economy, especially as technologies like AI, 5G, cloud computing and quantum computing become essential components of national development strategies. At the same time, building modern, green-certified data centers is among the top priorities.
INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERTAKINGS UNLOCKED VIA PRIVATE FUNDING
Last week, THACO Group expressed its desire to invest in the North-South high-speed railway. The company will contribute 20 per cent of the total capital, nearly $12.27 billion, through equity and legally mobilised domestic capital. The remaining amount, around $50 billion, will be borrowed from domestic and foreign credit institutions that the government guarantee and support all loan interest for 30 years, secured by assets formed from the project.
AI BECOMES LOGISTICS GAME-CHANGER
At a seminar on sustainable development of logistics in the 4.0 era in Hanoi at the end of April, organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Vu Khac Anh, director of cross-border e-commerce company Pervasel, said that his business currently processes around one million orders in the US market. “With a global operational scale, technology is indispensable in all aspects of management. From human resource management, advertising, logistics, to customer service, everything must be digitised,” explained Anh.
IMPORT-EXPORT BUDGET REVENUE HITS VNĐ182.52 TRILLION
The total budget revenue from import-export activities in the first five months of 2025 reached nearly VNĐ182.52 trillion (over US$7 billion), equivalent to 44.4 per cent of the annual estimate and up 9.2 per cent over the same period last year, according to newly released statistics from the General Department of Customs.
