The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Customs yesterday announced an action plan to reduce congestion at Cat Lai seaport in Ho Chi Minh City because the volume of goods currently passing through this port accounts for 48.8 percent of the country's cargo output, but the receiving and customs clearance infrastructure is already overloaded.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs announced an action plan to reduce congestion at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the busiest container port in Vietnam and has a great influence on import and export activities, on May 19.
HCMC’s eastern part, especially areas near the Southern province of Dong Nai’s Nhon Trach District, is having the potential for development. However, according to many experts, the infrastructure in the area does not meet development demand. Luckily, relevant ministries, agencies, central authorities as well as local authorities have simultaneously started implementing many transport infrastructure projects to remove this bottleneck paving the way for the area’s future development.
Ho Chi Minh City is going to apply the new fee for the use of the infrastructure and public utility services at border gates and seaports in the city from this April 1. Many businesses have shown the inappropriateness of this new rate and the fee division method to Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper.
Tan Cang Warehousing Joint Stock Company under the Saigon Newport Corporation officially put into operation the electronic warehouse management system eWMS on September 13.
Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien, Vice Chairman cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), on the afternoon of August 15, informed that Berth 125 of Cat Lai Port (HCMC) would resume operations from August 16 to connect the export activities for rice exporting enterprises in the South.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has just sent a document to propose to the Prime Minister some solutions to remove the congestion of goods at Tan Cang Cat Lai Port that has been causing difficulties for import and export activities.
The Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City, on August 3, gave temporary instructions following the direction of the General Department of Vietnam Customs for enterprises and cargo ships on the transportation of goods that are congested at Tan Cang Cat Lai Port during the social distancing period for Covid-19 prevention.
Vice Chairman of the HCMC People's Committee Ngo Minh Chau led a delegation to inspect the epidemic prevention and control works at Cat Lai Port and Phong Phu Home Textile Joint Stock Company in Thu Duc City on May 14.
As planned, Ho Chi Minh City will establish 4 ring roads to ease traffic volume into the city and connect to neighboring provinces more conveniently. Sadly, until now, none of them has been fully finished, severely harming economic activities of the city.
The HCMC Department of Transport has sent a draft report on collecting infrastructure fees at seaports to departments and units in the city before submitting it to the HCMC People's Council for consideration in the upcoming session at the end of this year.
The Ministry of Transport has announced plans to limit the cargo handled at HCM City’s Cat Lai Port since volumes are exceeding its handling capacity, exerting pressure on the city’s transport infrastructure.
The HCM City Department of Transport aims to complete 22 major transport projects by the end of the year, according to a report in the Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) newspaper.
Head of the road and railway traffic police division (PC67) lieutenant colonel Huynh Trung Phong yesterday said at a meeting that it is urgent to build a parking lot near Tan Son Nhat Airport to reduce traffic gridlock in the airport for long-term use.
