On the afternoon of July 9, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received President of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) Turgut Erkeskin, who is visiting and working in Vietnam.
Welcoming the FIATA President to Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated FIATA for supporting the Vietnam Logistics Business Association to host the FIATA World Congress in 2025.
The Prime Minister said that the average annual growth rate of Vietnam's logistics is 14-16%, making an important contribution to bringing Vietnam's total import and export turnover in 2023 to nearly 700 billion USD. In the first 6 months of 2024, the total import and export turnover is estimated at 370 billion USD, an increase of 15.7% over the same period in 2023, with a trade surplus of 11.63 billion USD; as an open economy, logistics plays an important role in Vietnam's economic development following the world trend.
Thanking FIATA for always being an important bridge contributing to promoting cooperation between the Vietnam Logistics Services Association, the Vietnamese logistics service business community with the world's logistics service associations and business communities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged FIATA's contributions to the development of Vietnam's logistics services.
Noting that the Vietnamese Government is currently developing a Strategy for the development of Vietnam's logistics services for the period 2025 - 2035, with a vision to 2045, the Prime Minister requested FIATA to share more information, advice, and support on digital transformation and green transformation, focusing on solutions for developing agricultural and industrial logistics, developing Vietnam's shipping fleet, economic, trade and transport corridors, and providing technical support so that Vietnam can soon complete the National Strategy for the development of logistics services in 2024.
The Prime Minister asked FIATA to pay attention to supporting human resource development for Vietnam's logistics industry; expand training programs and improve capacity for Vietnamese enterprises.
The Prime Minister said that Vietnam is focusing on developing strategic infrastructure, including logistics infrastructure, and training high-quality human resources; affirming that the Vietnamese Government will accompany domestic and foreign partners, support and create all favorable conditions for economic - investment - trade - service cooperation activities, with special attention paid to cooperation in developing logistics services to bring more benefits to all parties in the spirit of harmonious benefits and shared risks.
Thanking the Prime Minister for taking the time to receive the delegation, President of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations Turgut Erkeskin said that in the current situation, logistics plays an important role, but is facing great challenges; he requested and believed that the Vietnamese Government, ministries and sectors would support and actively participate in the successful organization of the FIATA World Congress in 2025 in Hanoi.
Appreciating the Vietnam Logistics Services Development Strategy for the period 2025 - 2035, with a vision to 2045, especially in digital transformation, green transformation and Vietnam's commitment to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050; stating that Vietnam has great potential to become a regional and world logistics hub, the FIATA President said that Vietnam needs to mobilize all social resources to develop this economic sector.
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