Vietnam's seaport cargo throughput is estimated to reach nearly 207 million tons in the first quarter of the year, soaring 4% year-on-year according to the Department of Maritime and Inland Waterways Administration.

Of the total, export cargo is expected at 17.257 million tons, down 1% year-on-year; and import cargo 65.345 million tons, up 6%.

Container cargo is projected to reach 7.454 million TEUs, surging 11% compared to the same period last year.

In the first two months of the year alone, total seaport cargo throughput amounted to 135.38 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9%. It signaled the recovery and development of the logistics and maritime transport industries after the Covid-19.

Localities that recorded high growth in seaport cargo throughput include Ho Chi Minh City, southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and northern Hai Phong province.