Vietnam’s transport sector continued to record strong growth in September, with both passenger and freight transport posting double-digit increases from a year earlier, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office.
Passenger transport reached 663.4 million passenger trips during the month, up 18% year on year, while passenger traffic rose 14% to 30.8 billion passenger-kms.
Freight transport totaled 321.9 million tons, up 19.3%, while freight traffic increased 17.9% to 62.7 billion ton-kms.
In the first nine months, passenger transport increased 17.4% year on year to 5.3 billion trips, while passenger traffic rose 11.9%. Domestic passenger transport accounted for 5.286 billion trips, up 17.4%, while international passenger transport reached 15 million trips, an increase of 4.1%.
Freight transport totaled 2.58 billion tons during the 9-month period, up 15.8%, with freight traffic increasing 12.8%. Domestic freight accounted for the overwhelming majority at 2.536 billion tons, up 15.8%, while international freight reached 44.5 million tons, rising 13.4%.
Road transport accounted for the overwhelming majority of freight volume in the first nine months.
Of the total 2.58 billion tons of goods transported during the period, road freight reached 1.95 billion tons, up 17% year on year.
Inland waterway transport ranked second, handling 499.4 million tons, an increase of 13.1%. Maritime transport reached 123.9 million tons, up 9.6%.
Rail freight, by contrast, declined sharply, with 3.4 million tons transported, down 18.6% from the same period last year. Air freight remained a very small segment, at around 0.3 million tons, although it increased 2% year on year.
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