On the morning
of December 15, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of
Transport and the Vietnam Economic Times organized the Vietnam Logistics
Forum 2017.
During the discussion, the
opinion that the cost of air freight transport through Vietnam is too
high now because there is no airline specialized routes for
transportation of goods. From here, it is a question of long-term planning and research for solving problems related to air freight.Mr Ousmane Dione, Country Director of WB, said that high logistics costs make Vietnam lose its competitive edge
Photo: Hoai Duong
Answering the
question of why Vietnam's air freight is higher than the region, Mr. Do Xuan
Quang, General Director of Vietjet Air Cargo, said: "The answer is that
prices depend on supply and demand. We do not have
direct flights from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, while Bangkok has dozens of
direct flights, so their prices are cheaper. "
Mr. Quang said that the need for cargo transporters is a pressing need. In
particular, it needs aircraft carrying agricultural commodities,
perishable goods such as flowers, fruits, seafood ... "Only when the air
routes are cheaper," he emphasized.
Speaking
at the forum, Mr. Ousmane Dione, Country Director of the World Bank, said
Vietnam's import-export costs were higher than those of ASEAN. Calculated according to the GDP, logistics cost of Vietnam is 18%,
nearly double that of developed economies and 4% higher than the global
average.
As
a result, Vietnam's logistics capacity index (LPI) has fallen from 48
in 2014 to 64 in 2016. The decline, according to Mr. Ousmane Dione, shows
that other economies are "promote" much faster than Vietnam, which means that Vietnam is losing its competitive edge.
"Therefore,
Vietnam needs a solution to improve import-export efficiency along with
trade liberalization in order to realize its vision of becoming a
high-income economy by 2035, when the economy And exports have grown to new levels, ensuring rapid growth, " the WB Country Director commented.