Vietnam's maritime industry remains open to the domestic market

Vietnam's maritime industry remains open to the domestic market
"The maritime industry has a great impact on the economy in general and is particularly relevant to the marine economy, tourism and commerce. However, Vietnam's shipping industry is facing many challenges in terms of technology, operational efficiency, access to capital as well as capacity to meet transport demand from new markets. " .

This review was made at a seminar entitled "Improving maritime capacity in Vietnam at the Asia Maritime Exhibition 2018" organized by Reed Exhibitions morning 30/1, in Hanoi.

Not taken advantage of

Figures released at the seminar showed that in 2017, Vietnam's shipping increased by 6%, reached 130.9 million tons of transport and took over 100% of container shipping by sea. As of May 20, 1974, the fleet of Vietnam has owned 1,406 cargo ships.

According to Nguyen Tat Hoan, deputy director of Petrovietnam Exploration and Production Company (PVEP POC), Vietnam's maritime industry is leaving the domestic market, especially not taking advantage of the national advantage. Vietnam has a long coastline, great tourism potential, but so far almost no business interest, completely let people develop spontaneously.

"Vietnam has no tourist fleet of any size, including river and sea, which leads to 99.9% of Vietnamese have not once traveled along the country by sea. If we want to develop the maritime industry in Vietnam, we should start with ideas that do not need to be super high for the purpose of serving the people in the country has too much potential in tourism as well as fishing. , Mr. Hoan stated.

At the talk, many local and foreign speakers have opened up opportunities as well as opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to move closer to commercial maritime interests from the AMP 2018 organization. in Singapore in March.

TS. Le Quang Trung, Deputy General Director of Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).

TS. Le Quang Trung, deputy general director of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) said that the difficulty of the maritime industry has been going on for a long time and that its remnants still exist. In spite of this, in 2017, the picture of global economy was assessed simultaneously with the prosperity, in which the volume of sea transport of the Vietnamese fleet in this year also grew sharply, approximately 7% compared to 2016. This is a sign of recovery and prosperity in maritime activities this year and next.

"Vinalines currently owns over 90 vessels with a combined tonnage of about 2 million tons and a system of 14 major ports and deep water ports nationwide. Along with that, the integrated logistic system will transport more than 20 percent of the nation's transport capacity by 2017, "said Dr. Information and recognition of Vinalines, Vinalines is rated medium in the region, but with the position of the country, with the support of the Government, Vietnam's maritime industry in general and Vinalines. In the near future there will be a lot of potential.

Seize opportunities for maritime prosperity

Expectations at the APM 2018, TS. Trung said that in addition to looking for partners, Vietnamese businesses also want to seek strategic investors. In particular, with Vinalines in 2018 will proceed to equitization, moving from a 100% state-owned company model to a joint-stock model, therefore, seeking strategic investors to be able to divide The same company in operation, technical cooperation and market expansion and management will be extremely necessary in the present time.

Ms. Yeow Hui Leng, Project Manager of Reed Exhibitions - APM 2018 Organizer, said that with new technologies applied in the maritime industry with the presence of domestic and international experts, Vietnam can take advantage of opportunities for development and competitiveness in the region as well as in the world.

Ms. Yeow Hui Leng, Project Manager of Reed Exhibitions - APM 2018 Organizational Unit.

Because of this, APM 2018 will help introduce the prospect of the maritime sector in Vietnam with new global business opportunities. As a result, businesses have the ability to approach maritime and offshore industry professionals from international trading properties, understand more about the position and future direction of the Vietnamese and European maritime industries. Asia, thereby seeking strategies, opportunities to develop as well as make full use of ASEAN's comprehensive capabilities.

"In the past few years, the maritime industry has not really prospered, but at the moment there are signs of recovery. As people working in this field, we have the basis to believe that if the opportunity is well caught, the maritime industry can catch up with the trend to develop and improve the capacity of the Vietnamese maritime industry. South as well as international integration, "said Yeow Hui Leng.

Source: vov.vn