Vietnam needs to untangle bottlenecks facing the logistics sector in order to boost the sectoral development on a par with that of developed countries, insiders have suggested.

 Weak infrastructure and high transport costs have prevented Vietnamese firms from fully tapping into the logistics sector’s potential, according to Trần Thanh Hải, deputy director of Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 (TBKTSG Online 24 May) - US carrier Royal Carribean International will have the ship Spectrum of the Seas, which can accommodate up to 6,500 passengers and crew...

 Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will introduce two new Asia to South America East Coast and the Caribbean direct services beginning in June 2019.

 Vietnam has paid due attention to the development of maritime transport, which is seen as a spearheaded sector in the country’s sea development strategy.

 (VnEconomy 16 May) According to the General Department of Customs, by the end of April 2019, Vietnam's total export value reached nearly USD 80 billion, increasing 6.5%, equivalent to an increase of USD 4.82 billion over the same period in year 2018.

 (VNE10 May) Ms. Nguyen Thao Hien, Deputy Director of the European-American Market Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged: bringing Vietnamese goods into distribution systems such as Aeon-Japan and countries’ such as the United States and EU...

Tan Cang-Haiphong International Container Terminal (HICT) in the northern port city of Haiphong today, May 7, welcomed Wan Hai 805, a vessel with a capacity of more than 11,900 TEUs.

 The VND2.3-trillion Vinh Tan International Port was put into operation in the central province of Binh Thuan on April 20 after four years of construction.

 Ground has been broken for a US$30 million warehouse and distribution centre in the northern province of Bắc Ninh