A container ship docks at a terminal in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eight terminals havebeen added to the list of those at seaports in Vietnam, raising the total to286.
Among the newly added terminals, four are partof Vung Tau Seaport in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, according tothe list recently released by the Ministry of Transport.
The seaports of Hai Phong, Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai,and HCM City have one new terminal each.
At present, some seaport areas accommodatingmany terminals include Hai Phong (50 terminals); Vung Tau (46); Ho Chi MinhCity (42); Can Tho (21); Dong Nai (18); Khanh Hoa (16); Quang Ninh (13); DaNang (eight); Nghi Son, Nghe An, and Dung Quat (seven each); and Ha Tinh andBinh Thuan (six each).
The Vietnam Maritime Administration said with aterminal system spreading from the north to the south, Vietnamese seaports havebeen well-functioning as goods trading hubs amid the country’s intensiveintegration into the world.
Every year, seaports nationwide serve about120,000 vessel arrivals and record growth of nearly 16 percent in cargothroughput. They handled 692 million tonnes of goods in 2020./.
Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat has emphasised the need to give priority to developing key seaports and seaport clusters in the next ten years.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant ministries, agencies and the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau to develop the seaport and logistics system at Cai Mep – Thi Vai area to meet regional standards by 2030 towards becoming a world-class seaport hub in the world by 2045.
Deep-sea port SP-SSA International Terminal in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said it recently received a 15,000-TEU container vessel, its biggest ever.
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A container ship docks at a terminal in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province (Photo: VNA) 
