Int’l economic integration requires logistics

Domestic and international organisations, investors and businesses operating in logistics and seaport services at a forum in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on March 30 to discuss measures to develop the sector in Vietnam in the context of international economic integration.

The event, was co-organized by the provincial People’s Committee and the National Commission for International Economic Cooperation, was part of activities within the framework of the international economic integration programme during the 2011-2015 period to improve trade logistics and seaport services in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province and in Vietnam as a whole.

At the forum, foreign experts from Singapore, Germany and the UK presented lessons learned from several countries in the region and the world in developing logistics and seaport services and proposed measures to help Vietnam develop such services.

Vietnamese economists and logisticians also shared their viewpoints on Vietnam’s logistics development strategy in accordance with commitments the country has made to the World Trade Organisation as well as trade agreements with other partners.

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