The People’s Committee of HCMC on June 29 submitted a document on connecting Cat Lai and Phu Huu ports with HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway and the Ring Road No.3 in HCMC to the Ministry of Transport.
The World Bank (WB) released the June edition of its monthly Vietnam Macro Monitoring on June 13, highlighting that the economic recovery remained strong despite heightened global uncertainties.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai asked the HCMC People’s Committee to consider an adjustment of seaport infrastructure fees for use of infrastructure facilities and public services at seaport terminals for import-export activities in the city in July.
The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to advise and submit a decision for investment preparation in transport projects approved by the People's Council of HCMC to supplement the medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period from the source of the medium-term public investment provision.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Customs yesterday announced an action plan to reduce congestion at Cat Lai seaport in Ho Chi Minh City because the volume of goods currently passing through this port accounts for 48.8 percent of the country's cargo output, but the receiving and customs clearance infrastructure is already overloaded.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs announced an action plan to reduce congestion at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the busiest container port in Vietnam and has a great influence on import and export activities, on May 19.
Speaking at the meeting with local voters in the districts of 5,8 and 11 on May 12, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly appreciated the strong recovery of the socio-economic development of HCMC after the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to the efforts and solidarity of the political system, businesses and people of the city.
The formation of at least two major seaport clusters in the two key economic zones of the North and South of Vietnam to compete with neighboring seaports like Kaohsiung in Taiwan (China) or the one in Singapore becomes a compulsory mission at present. However, there is much to be done for the establishment of a ‘mega-port’ in the country, as stated by Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien, Head of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Team, in his interview with SGGP Newspaper.
It has been 30 years since the Prime Minister issued Decision No.55/QD-TTg approving the master plan of the Cai Mep - Thi Vai deep-water seaport system and it is also the same number of years Ho Chi Minh City implemented the plan to relocate the seaport system on the Saigon River out of the inner city to have space for better development.
