The international community highly appreciates the potential of Vietnam's logistics industry

On October 4, the World Congress of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) opened at the Brussels Convention Center, Belgium, with the participation of nearly 1,000 delegates from the freight forwarding industry, transport and cargo as well as observers from other sectors. The delegation of Vietnam Logistics Service Business Association (VLA) led by Secretary General Nguyen Duy Minh attended the event.

The FIATA Congress (FWC) is an international event that provides business, social and networking opportunities as well as interaction with government and non-government organizations. During the three days of the conference, from October 4 to 6, famous speakers gave presentations, as well as had discussions on current issues and policies.

With the theme “Climate changing logistics”, FIATA World Congress 2023 covers the latest challenges, innovations and developments in a changing global market. FWC 2023 will focus on new trends in global logistics, education, compliance, diversity and the logistics industry's responsibility in adapting to climate change.

Participating in this event, the Vietnamese delegation hopes to widely promote FWC 2025 that will take place in Vietnam, attract companies to register to participate, as well as approach Belgian logistics businesses, a strong country in this field, as well as the world.

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Mr. Nguyen Duy Minh, General Secretary of VLA said that what the association hopes for at this conference is to promote FWC 2025 and attract customers, helping members have access to all logistics companies. around the world and try to contact the Belgian Logistics Association as well as the Flanders regional government to exchange and discuss solutions to help Vietnamese businesses as well as Belgian businesses cooperate more closely with each other. Because Belgium is the center of Europe, it is also a commercial center of Europe and Africa. Mr. Nguyen Duy Minh hopes that Vietnamese export service companies can form joint ventures with Belgian partners to establish a Vietnamese logistics center in Belgium. This will be a very good opportunity to reduce transportation costs, contributing to promoting Vietnamese goods into Europe as well as transshipment to Africa.

Mr. Anis Khan, CEO of Intrapass GmbH, headquartered in Switzerland, said that last year he went to Vietnam and saw the great potential of the logistics industry in this country. In particular, logistics activities are also supported and supported by the government. These are the advantages for Vietnam to strongly develop the logistics service industry.

Assessing the prospects of this field in Vietnam, Mr. Stéphane Graber, General Director of FIATA, said he had just had a survey trip to Vietnam last summer to prepare for FWC to be held in Vietnam in two years. next. After the Covid-19 pandemic, certain activities are being reallocated in Asia and one of the destinations for logistics activities is Vietnam. As more and more manufacturing activities are carried out in Vietnam, Vietnam has many opportunities to develop its logistics industry. In addition, Vietnam not only benefits from all modes of air, maritime, and rail transport but also river transport - which are advantages for building a regional logistics center.

According to Mr. Stéphane, Vietnam is applying the best practices in logistics development, and has a real need for development, expertise and internal training. He added that FIAT will coordinate with VLA to provide logistics training.

To develop the logistics industry, Secretary General Le Duy Minh said that the government's attention is needed and there needs to be social impact on the importance of logistics services. VLA in particular has made great efforts with its socialization resources to proactively campaign with its members since 2019 in Capetown (South Africa), and in 2022 in Busan (South Korea) to successfully win the right to host. FWC organization.

In the current world context, the trend of shifting global production and many factories moving production to Vietnam has created favorable conditions for the logistics industry. In addition, the trade agreements implemented with 16 countries, along with the advantages and potential of trade with the US, are advantages that show that Vietnam's logistics service industry will certainly have great opportunities.