The Vietnam Maritime Administration (Ministry of Transport) is collecting comments on the draft Decision approving the development planning of the inland port system for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Looking back at nearly 5 years of implementing the master plan on development of Vietnam's inland port system to 2020, with a vision to 2030, approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 2072/QD-TTg dated December 22, 2017, counting Up to now, the whole country has invested, announced and put into operation 10 dry ports; In addition, there are 6 inland clearance ports - ICDs are operating in the planned inland ports but the investors have not yet carried out the procedures to convert them into inland ports according to regulations, accounting for 23.9% of the total number of inland ports. the inland port is planned.

These inland ports and ICDs are concentratedly distributed on 5 corridors and economic zones out of a total of 15 economic corridors and areas with inland port planning, of which the coastal economic corridor in the North has been formed. 4/5 inland ports are planned.

Specifically, the Northern area includes 9 inland ports: Hai Linh Inland Port, Mong Cai Inland Port, Tan Cang Dinh Vu Inland Port, Dinh Vu Inland Port - Quang Binh, Hoang Thanh Cang, Ha Nam Cang Cang, and Tan Cang Dinh Vu. Tan Cang Que Vo port, Phuc Loc dry port, Long Bien dry port.

The Central region does not have a dry port that has been announced and put into operation.

The Southern region announced and put into operation one inland port, the Tan Cang Nhon Trach Inland Port.

The total volume of goods imported and exported by container through inland ports and ICDs in operation is currently about 4.2 million TEUs/year, of which 90% of goods go through ICD inland clearance ports.

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Along with that, the rate of using inland ports and inland customs clearance ports in the North is still low, because the Northern inland ports have not been connected to seaports as clearly as the Southern inland ports when the container transport market sea ​​route is only about 30% compared to the South.

In addition, seaports in the North do not have frequent traffic jams. Therefore, goods are not required to be transshipped through dry ports to reach seaports like the South.

According to the Maritime Administration, there are currently 26 inland ports that have not yet been invested, accounting for 38.8% of the planned inland ports.

“For inland ports in the Central region, the delay in investment implementation as planned is mainly due to low demand and not yet attractive to investors. Along with that, the planned inland ports associated with railways depend entirely on the progress of new railway projects according to specialized planning", the Maritime Administration assessed.

In the draft of the master plan on development of the inland port system in the period of 2021 - 2030, the Maritime Administration set out the goal of gradually forming and developing the inland port system nationwide to meet the demand for transporting export goods. , import, increase the cargo throughput capacity of seaports; organize container transportation in a reasonable way in order to reduce transportation costs and storage time at seaports, ensuring cargo safety; contribute to reducing traffic congestion, especially in big cities and areas with large seaports.

Develop the inland port system to become the focal point for organizing transportation, transshipment and distribution of goods, combined with the provision of logistics services.

Accordingly, by 2025, developing the inland port system will be able to handle about 20-30% of the demand for import and export container transport with a total capacity of about 6 - 8.7 million Teu/year. In which, the North includes inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a capacity of about 2.2 - 3 million Teu/year; Central and Central Highlands have inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a capacity of about 0.24 - 0.37 million Teu/year; In the South, there are inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a capacity of about 3.5 - 5.3 million Teu/year.

By 2030, develop a system of inland ports capable of handling about 25-35% of the demand for import and export container transport goods along the transport corridors. Forming inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a total capacity of about 11.6 - 15.7 million Teu/year.

In which, the North includes inland ports and cluster of inland ports with a capacity of about 4.2 - 5.5 million Teu/year; Central Highlands - Central Highlands has inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a capacity of about 0.66 - 0.95 million Teu/year; In the South, there are inland ports and clusters of inland ports with a capacity of about 6.8 - 9.3 million Teu/year.