Mekong Delta needs bongdaso tintuc develop logistics bongdaso tintuc cut export costs

Mekong Delta needs bongdaso tintuc develop logistics bongdaso tintuc cut export costs

CẦN THƠ — Developing logistics is an urgent requirement bongdaso tintuc develop the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s economy, a conference on improving its agriculture and aquaculture value chains heard in Cần Thơ City on Tuesday.

Nguyễn Minh bongdaso tintucại, director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade, told the conference that the delta, as a paddy and aquaculture hub of the country, accounted for 40 per cent of the country’s agriculture.

Over 50 per cent of the rice supply and 90 per cent of exports are from there as are 65 per cent and 70 per cent of the aquaculture and fruit production, he said.

The demand for transporting these products, some 17-18 million tonnes of them a year, is huge.

But 70 per cent of it is transported bongdaso tintuc ports in places like HCM City and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu for export, increasing costs by 10-40 per cent, the conference heard.

There is thus enormous potential bongdaso tintuc develop logistic centres in the area and attract investors bongdaso tintuc the sector, experts said.

bongdaso tintucại said: “Developing logistics in Cần Thơ is an urgent requirement bongdaso tintuc develop the regional economy.”

Hồ Thị Thu Hoà, head of the Việt Nam Logistics Research and Development Institute, said Cần Thơ City and provinces in the delta should make strong efforts bongdaso tintuc develop the logistics sector.

A national plan for bongdaso tintuc development by 2015 included two logistic centres in the region but they remain on paper, she said.

No bongdaso tintuc, higher costs

Companies blamed the logistic inadequacy in the region for pushing up costs.

Chu Văn An, permanent deputy general director of Minh Phú Seafood Corporation, said every year his company exports 7,000 containers of shrimp worth US0 million.

It takes 30 hours bongdaso tintuc reach HCM City by river and so his company uses road transport for it, he said.

“It costs VNĐ11 million (0) bongdaso tintuc transport a container from Cà Mau bongdaso tintuc HCM City and VNĐ7 million (0) from Hậu Giang bongdaso tintuc HCM City. For 7,000 containers a year, we have bongdaso tintuc pay VNĐ60 billion.”

If the infrastructure sector is developed, companies can directly export from the delta and cut 30-40 per cent of their costs and become more competitive, he said.

Lê Duy Hiệp, chairman of the Việt Nam Logistics Business Association, told the conference that the delta is the country’s agricultural export hub but logistics cost them 20-25 per cent compared bongdaso tintuc 10-15 per cent in neighbouring countries.

But he warned that setting up a bongdaso tintuc system in the region would be highly challenging. VNS

Source: vietnamnews.vn