Xuan Cau Industrial Park and Non-Tariff Zone is being built at Lach Huyen international port area, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong. Tan Cang - Hai Phong International Container Terminal (TC- HICT) is the first terminal built and put into operation at Lach Huyen international port. The project has a total investment of 11,100 billion VND, located on an area of 752 hectares, located in the area of Lach Huyen international gateway port, Dinh Vu - Cat Hai economic zone. attracting about 40,000 - 50,000 workers. Non-tariff zone - Logistics and Lach Huyen Industry located in...
UPDATE FORECAST OF SEA FREIGHT IN 2023
According to statistics from Drewry on world container freight rates, as of 20th April 2023, the 40 feet container freight rate was $1,774, down 83% from $10,377 in September 2021 and lower 34% compared to the average over the past 10 years of 2,688 USD. The current tariff is equivalent to the end of 2020, but still 25% higher than 2019's $1,420. In the past year, freight rates for routes have decreased significantly, specifically, the Asia-Europe route has decreased by 81-85%, Asia-US by 75-79%, the Americas-Asia and Europe have decreased 18 - 21%. As a rule, ocean freight rates will have a...
APPOINTING MR. NGUYEN THANH SON AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Head of Finance and Administration Department, Office of the General Department of Customs was appointed to hold the position of Deputy Chief of the Office of the General Department of Customs. On May 4, under his authorization, Deputy Director of the General Department of Customs Nguyen Van Tho chaired the ceremony to announce and hand over the appointment decision to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son. At the ceremony, the representative of the Personnel and Organization Department (General Department of Customs) announced the decision on the appointment of officers. Previously, on April 28, the Director General of the General Department of...
EXPORTS DOWN 12% IN FOUR MONTHS
Vietnam's exports totaled $108.57 billion in the first of four months of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 11.8%, the General Statistics Office announced. Some $96.1 billion, or 88.5% of the turnover, came from processed industrial products. ...
VIETNAM RANK DOWN 4 STEPS IN 2023 LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX
After 5 years of waiting, the World Bank (WB) has just announced the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Ranking 2023 on the evening of 21st April, 2023. Vietnam's LPI in 2023 ranked 43rd, down 4 steps compared to the "spectacular" 39th of 2018. Accordingly, the world leader is still Singapore, the second is Finland, the third is Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. “Logistics is the lifeblood of international trade, and conversely, trade is a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation,” said Mona Haddad, Global Director of Trade, Investment and Capacity of competition, World Bank shares. Notably, in the LPI rankings in...
DECLARE GOODS INFORMATION PASSING THROUGH BORDER GATE ON THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
From 20th April, 2023, instead of making declarations with paper documents, businesses carrying out procedure declaration through land and waterway border gates will declare electronic declarations of imported goods. The General Department of Customs has Document No. 1790/TCHQ-GSQL guiding the implementation of declaration, receipt, inspection and certification of electronic manifests of imported goods. Accordingly, from April 20, 2023, the truck owner, the truck driver, the person authorized by the truck owner (the goods owner or the authorized customs agent) declare a list of imported goods information (hereinafter referred to as the manifest) before bringing goods into the Vietnamese territory according to...