Seaports and shipping fleet the focus of maritime development

According to data from the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the volume of goods passing through Vietnam’s seaports in the first two month of this year stood at nearly 117 million tons, up 7 per cent over the same period last year. The Administration’s project on the development of Vietnam’s international shipping fleet, to be issued this year, will improve import and export activities, increase transport market share, and drive growth in cargo passing through seaports. Vietnam’s shipping fleet currently has nearly 1,500 vessels with a total of over 11.6 million deadweight tons (DWT), ranking it third in ASEAN and 28th globally.