Ho Chi Minh City: Developing logistics into a spearhead service
(HNM) – The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has approved a project to develop the logistics industry in the city to 2025, with an orientation to 2030. In which, the goal is to promote development and turn logistics into an industry. key services, the rate of contribution to the total local product (GRDP) of the city by 2025 reaches 10%, by 2030 reaches 12%.
There are many shortcomings
Sharing about the current Ho Chi Minh City logistics service industry, Director of Minh Lien Transport Company (Binh Thanh District) Do Xuan Phu said that logistics activities are mainly concentrated in the freight at the port. In which, road transport is still the main mode. However, road traffic jams often occur, the infrastructure system is incomplete and lacks connectivity; airway and waterways have not been properly invested …
According to the President of the Ho Chi Minh City Cargo Transport Association Bui Van Quan, road transportation services provided by hundreds of enterprises, mostly small and medium-sized, have caused many shortcomings, such as: Unfair competition, unreasonable transport organization … This fact has pushed up logistics service costs, affecting competitiveness.
In this regard, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, said that investing in complete transport infrastructure one step ahead will be a lever to help the city’s logistics service industry develop. Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City has proposed groups of solutions to develop logistics infrastructure. Specifically, in the next 10 years, the amount of private investment in logistics infrastructure in Ho Chi Minh City should be at least 86,300 billion VND. Adding costs for information technology and human resources, by 2030, the city needs VND 90,000-96,000 billion. The city prioritizes the development of traffic infrastructure, adds 5 new railway lines from the city to the provinces and cities in the south and north, and at the same time closes the ring roads. Focus on improving and upgrading river channels to ensure operation of ships in and out of ports …
Development of 7 logistics centers
According to the project of developing logistics service industry, Ho Chi Minh city determines and establishes a system of logistics service centers in Thu Duc city and districts of Binh Chanh, Cu Chi and Nha Be. At the same time, based on the needs of the production, circulation of goods in the region and import and export, on the basis of reviewing the land fund, identifying 7 locations for the establishment of logistics center systems. Specifically: Long Binh, Cat Lai, Linh Trung, high-tech park of Thu Duc city; Tan Kien (Binh Chanh district); Hiep Phuoc port (Nha Be district) and Cu Chi district.
To make logistics a key service industry, Assoc.Prof. Dr. Ho Thi Thu Hoa, Director of the Vietnam Logistics Research and Development Institute, said that Ho Chi Minh City needs to form and develop a logistics human resource training center. for the entire Southern key economic region, towards regional cohesion in training and sharing highly qualified resources. Besides, promoting the application of information technology; developing logistics service providers; completing commitments and preferential policies for logistics …
According to the Department of Industry and Trade of the city, logistics in the city holds a particularly important position in the Southern Key Economic Region and the country; helping to transport all goods circulating between provinces and cities through Ho Chi Minh City, distributing goods to more than 10 million people in the city, and two-way connection between goods export and import.
Therefore, according to Mr. Bui Ta Hoang Vu, in the coming period, the city will promote vocational training in logistics, focusing on vocational skills. Orientation of vocational skills training according to demand forecasting in the industrial revolution 4.0 to promote vocational training in logistics, especially the application of information technology and digitalization. At the same time, proactively remove immediate difficulties of shipping businesses, thereby solving common difficulties for the logistics service industry; focus on simplifying procedures for goods passing through 7 logistics centers.
“Logistics development needs the contribution of a combination of factors, such as: Improving transport infrastructure; building logistics centers with professional operations; investment incentives, taxes, fuel … Therefore, in order to create a breakthrough in the coming time, the city will pay special attention to the coordination between departments and branches “, emphasized Mr. Bui Ta Hoang Vu.
Source: hanoimoi
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