#logistics

With positive growth momentum, alongside proactive efforts to expand markets, diversify products, Quang Ninh is focusing on removing bottlenecks, enhancing logistics capacity.

Việt Nam boasts a dense river network of over 42,000km of navigable waterways and more than 3,260km of coastline with natural estuaries and bays.

Big investment should be made to accelerate digital transformation in the logistics sector, which plays a pivotal role in Vietnam’s socio-economic landscape, creating significant value addition and contributing to the nation's import-export growth, according to Deputy Director of the Agency for Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Thanh Hai.

The Red River Delta, one of the country’s six socioeconomic regions, consists of 11 centrally governed provinces and cities including Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Hải Dương, Bắc Ninh, Vĩnh Phúc, Hưng Yên, Thái Bình, Nam Định, Hà Nam, Ninh Bình and Quảng Ninh.

The fifth regional logistics forum, held in the northern port city of Hải Phòng on May 28, addressed the crucial role of digital transformation in propelling growth of the Red River Delta's logistics sector.

Vietnamese logistics firms have been advised to work harder to enhance their productivity, service quality and competitiveness amid current difficulties due to global economic instability.

Rising logistic costs are hindering exports, putting firms at risk.