Car imports to Vietnam drop

Only 337 cars of all kinds were shipped to Vietnam in the first month of 2018. Of all these imports, there were only 17 passenger cars with nine seats or less, amounting to 567,000 USD. No cars were imported from ...Read More

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Russia to increase imports from Vietnam

Russia is enacting measures to import more agricultural products from Vietnam due to sanctions imposed by the West over Moscow’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis. The increase in imports is also meant to boost trade ties between the two countries, ...Read More

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Record Buffalo meat exports from India to China

Though China has yet to formally open its doors to buffalo meat exports from India, a threefold rise (in dollar terms) in exports routed through Vietnam has lifted traders. China has, in principle, decided to allow direct imports, but the ...Read More

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Shipping bosses face death sentence

The former chairman of Vietnam’s state-owned shipping conglomerate, Vinalines, Duong Chi Dung and former CEO, Mai Van Phuc, were yesterday sentenced to death for embezzlement. The government of Vietnam is stepping up its crackdown on corporate corruption. Dung went on ...Read More

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Foreign Firms dominate Vietnam freight

Since Vietnam opened its borders to foreign freight companies in January this year, local companies have found it more difficult to compete, especially in the international market. Many global  freight & forwarding were already present in Vietnam, operating as joint ...Read More

New Shipping route via Suez Canal

Two container shipping companies have announced that they will begin services from South China and Vietnam to the East Coast of the USA via the Suez Canal.  Beginning in June, the service is designed to answer customer's requirements for improved ...Read More

Rail Containers for Vietnam

The Transport Ministry of Vietnam is drawing up plans to transfer more freight containers to rail, in order to ease road congestion.  It is proposed to upgrade three main routes this year with others to follow.  Only one port at ...Read More

Vietnam freight failures

As shipping lines in Asia cope with lower demand and higher costs, small freight forwarders in Vietnam are going out of business.  The largest freight company in the country is expecting this to enable a rise in local cargo rates ...Read More

New Logistics Centre for Vietnam

A new logistics centre Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong will begin operating in November. This will offer direct ocean access to international markets. The facility will have direct road access to Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport and close ...Read More

China – US exports dive

The government in China is due to announce its May trade figures on Friday, and some economists expect that they will show a slowdown in growth.  A  recent report estimates that Chinese export growth dropped to 20 percent year-on-year, down ...Read More