A report shows that in 2015, the total volume of goods going through ports reached 427 million tons, considerable growth of 14.6 percent compared with the previous year, higher than the planned volume of 410 million tons. In international rankings, Vietnam’s logistics industry position has improved considerably.According to UNCTAD’s (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) ranking on Liner Connectivity – the index that measures the connectivity of a nation with the international transport network -- Vietnam has become stronger since 2004.Though there is a big gap between Vietnam and Singapore or Malaysia, Vietnam’s position is above neighboring Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia.In 2011, Vietnam’s logistics exceeded Thailand’s in Liner Connectivity. However, after 2011, Thailand came closer to Vietnam in 2013 and 2014. Since then, Vietnam’s and Thailand’s Liner Connectivity indexes are nearly the same.Vietnam’s LPI (logistics performance index), which measures the nation’s logistics capability has also been upgraded, thanks to improvement in infrastructure which saw considerable improvement among the key dimensions creating LPI, according to the World Bank.As such, the government’s great efforts in the last 10 years have brought fruit to the seaports logistics industry.At the 2015 World Business Forum (WBF), Vietnam’s infrastructure in 2014/2015 was recognized as having good results. Vietnam ranked 87th out of 144 countries in seaway infrastructure, 88th in airway infrastructure, 52nd in railway and 104th in road transport, the highest rankings since 2010/2011.

Source: VietNamNet News September 11, 2016 03:00 UTC