Vietnam’s Hải Phòng aims to become a regional and international logistics center due to its many advantages as a transportation hub for sea, road, air, railway, and inland waterways traffic. This objective is highlighted in the northern city’s service sector development project for 2030.
The city plans to establish a free trade zone, to exploit the best advantages in the logistics sector of the city. Resolution 45 highlights the building and development of the city by 2030, stating that Hải Phòng must be built into a national logistics service center by 2025.
In the past, Hải Phòng has focused on investing in and upgrading seaport infrastructure in line with the development trend of regional and international shipping. Its transport system is improved and more synchronous.
Hải Phòng’s growth rate of logistics services is about 20-23% per year, and the volume of goods through the ports in the city has grown strongly, accounting for a large market share in the seaport system of the country.
Hải Phòng has also some shortcomings. Although about 1,000 enterprises have registered to provide logistics services, they have limited competitiveness and a low market share. Also, the majority of cargo volume via the city’s seaport continues to be transported by road, putting great pressure on the weak transport system.
At the same time, most employees of enterprises lack logistics knowledge and skills. This will be a big challenge for the development of the service in the future.
According to forecasts, Hải Phòng needs about 369,000 logistics workers by 2025, including 252,600 trained workers. By 2030, this number will increase to 460,000 employees.
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