Let Hai Phong become a modern international logistics center

Many issues must be discussed in order for Hai Phong to effectively exploit its outstanding advantages in seaports and become a modern service economic center and a key economic hub in the North.

Exploiting outstanding advantages

Hai Phong Port City has all the factors to develop the logistics service industry and becomes the logistics center of the Northern region with all 5 modes of transport: sea, river, railway, road and cargo. not the same convenient seaport system.

Hai Phong has many outstanding advantages in terms of seaports. Photo: Dinh Muoi.

In which, one of the leading and outstanding advantages is the seaport system, with 50 ports, accounting for 17.5% of Vietnam's ports, accounting for 73% of the seaports of the Red River Delta.

Wharfs 1 and 2 of the deep-water port at Lach Huyen have been put into operation and used since 2018, capable of receiving ships of more than 130,000 tons, bringing goods from Hai Phong directly to the continents.

Recently, the investment project to build wharf No.7, No.8 Lach Huyen wharf area belongs to Hai Phong seaport, bringing the number of deep-water ports in this area to 8 berths in the future.

In recent years, logistics service activities in the area of Hai Phong city have been interested, identified the key role, have made strong development steps in quantity, quality, attracted and mobilized enterprises. domestic and foreign investment.

Being interested, the city's traditional and advantageous service industries such as seaport services and logistics services have made strong developments, making positive contributions to the socio-economic development of the city. city in particular, the key economic region of the North.

Seaport infrastructure is interested in investment through large projects. Photo: Dinh Muoi.

The growth rate of logistics services in Hai Phong city is about 20-23% per year and the proportion of contribution to the GRDP of the port city is from 13-15%. The volume of goods through the port has grown strongly, accounting for an increasingly large market share in the seaport system of the country.

Along with that, the seaport infrastructure is upgraded and invested in construction in a synchronous and modern direction, in line with the development trend of regional and international shipping; The connected transport system is improved and more synchronous.

Currently, the whole city of Hai Phong has about 250 enterprises operating in the field of logistics services, including about 30 multinational logistics companies and groups such as DHL, UPS, and FedEX.

The number of employees operating in the logistics field accounts for approximately 20% of the logistics workforce nationwide with about 175,000 people and the area of warehouses and yards in the area is also very large, about 701.14 hectares with more than 60 main warehouses and yards. .

Besides, Hai Phong port is the port with the largest cargo throughput in the North of Vietnam, with modern equipment system and complete and safe infrastructure, suitable for international transport and trade modes. economic.

Things to do now

Although Hai Phong has many advantages in terms of seaports, in the current period, Hai Phong's logistics industry is facing many existing shortcomings such as: High transportation costs due to unreasonable transport organization ( mainly by road); delivery organization, administrative procedures are cumbersome; low quality warehousing services; Traffic infrastructure is not synchronous, not worthy, …

Most logistics enterprises in the country in general and Hai Phong in particular are small models, operating mainly in the last stages such as loading and unloading, transportation, storage..., with the lowest added value. in the supply chain.

The Prime Minister surveyed the expansion project of Cat Bi airport. Photo: Dam Thanh.

In addition, businesses lack unity and agreement on service prices, leading to the fact that the price of loading, unloading, transporting and storing goods in Hai Phong as well as in Vietnam is currently very low compared to the East region. South Asia.

In addition, Hai Phong has all 5 modes of transportation, but more than 80% of goods through Hai Phong seaport are transported by road. While inland waterway transport with many advantages, especially helping to reduce costs by 20-25%, has not been promoted.

In order for Hai Phong to develop the logistics industry strongly, commensurate with its potential, in the coming time, in addition to businesses that need to improve their internal capacity, they need the attention and support of the home management system. water.

In particular, it is necessary to promptly issue guidelines, policies and mechanisms in line with the realities and development trends of the logistics sector as well as focus investment resources on both hard and soft infrastructure, for Human resource training and development...

In fact, Hai Phong has really made a breakthrough, making an important contribution to the development of the country. Photo: Quoc Nam.

Besides, Hai Phong also needs to soon invest in upgrading the international standard railway connecting the ports with the national and international railway system. Focusing on investment and development of inland waterway transport system from Hai Phong to localities in the region…

Hai Phong needs to strengthen investment attraction, form specialized logistics service chains with high added value and regional linkages. At the same time, building concentrated, large-scale logistics zones associated with the seaport system as well as human resource training are major solutions for Hai Phong to promote the development of logistics services in the coming time.

It is known that the source of public investment capital in 2023 by Ho Chi Minh City. Hai Phong manages VND 22,335,828 billion, of which, the central capital is VND 1,358,970 billion and the capital of the City is VND 20,976,858 billion (nearly 3,000 billion VND higher than in 2022). ).

The Department of Planning and Investment affirmed that Hai Phong has enough facilities and resources to develop, in fact, the port city has really made a breakthrough, making an important contribution to the development of the country, accounting for 3. 84% of the country's GDP in 2022.

In 2023, Hai Phong will continue to promote investment attraction and invite businesses in the industrial sector. Accelerate the construction of infrastructure in Tien Thanh industrial zones, Hai Phong international gateway port, Nam Dinh Vu zone 1, Nam Dinh Vu zone 2, VSIP, Cau Kien... At the same time, complete the following projects: procedures for establishing 4 new industrial parks, including Nam Trang Cat, Thuy Nguyen, Trang Due 3, Giang Bien 2, as well as implementing investment procedures in Vinh Quang, An Hoa and Tan Trao industrial parks.