More efforts needed to boost logistics manpower development: forum
Difficulties in terms of human resources of the logistics industry will increase further when Vietnam integrates deeply into the world, especially in the ASEAN economic community, and joins new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs), requiring an improvement in logistics manpower development, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
Hanoi (VNA) - Difficulties in terms of human resources of the logisticsindustry will increase further when Vietnam integrates deeply into the world,especially in the ASEAN economic community, and joins new-generation free tradeagreements (FTAs), requiring an improvement in logistics manpowerdevelopment, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
Addressing the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2021 on December 14, Dien said that logistics is a service industry that is considered as a"blood vessel" of the national economy, and plays an important rolein connecting, supporting and promoting socio-economic development.
The logistics market in Vietnam is assessed as a potential market forstronger development by the business community and international organisations,especially after the COVID-19 pandemic is under control and productionactivities are resumed, he said.
According to the minister, Vietnam's logistics industry has enjoyed rapiddevelopment, with an average annual growth rate of 10-15 percent. It hasbasically met requirements of both domestic and foreign customers, contributingto the two-digit growth rate in the country's total trade turnover in the first 11months of 2021.
However, Dien pointed out several shortcomings of theindustry, including low competitiveness, high costs, and limited linkagesbetween import-export businesses and logistics service providers.
Sharing the same view, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic CommissionTran Tuan Anh said that digital transformation in the logistics industry remains slow, and human resources are also weak and insufficient, which currentlymeet only about 10 percent of the market's demand.
He stressed the need for the industry to map out solutions tomaintain goods and service supply chains, and change the mindset tocatch up with the world trends, and create breakthroughs to boostsocio-economic recovery in 2022-2023.
As an annual event hosted by the Ministry of Industry andTrade, the Vietnam Logistics Forum aims to promote the development of logisticsservices, create linkages between logistics and manufacturing and import-exportindustries, and serve as a venue to discuss and update information abouturgent issues related to logistics services in Vietnam and the world./.
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