"In order to know whether a country's economy is growing or slowing down or recession ... just looking at the bustle or gloom of the seaport system with warehouses and goods, import and export goods will catch the economic breath of national ... ", Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien shared.
Slow increase in cargo through seaport in the first months of 2019
The increase of cargo through seaport in the first months of 2019 tends to increase slower than the same period in 2018.
According to information from the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Ministry of Transport), the port areas with the highest volume of goods passed through the country are: Thanh Hoa increased by 86% (mainly serving goods) Nghi Son oil refinery, Quang Nam increased by 78%. In addition, some areas of Ha Tinh and Binh Thuan seaports also increased by 58-62%.
In addition to seaports with a high volume of goods throughput, in the opposite direction, some ports of goods throughput plummeted such as Nha Trang and Can Tho (down 15-41%).
In June, the volume of goods through seaports reached 51.463 million tons, up 15% over the same period last year. Container volume reached more than 1.5 million Teus, down 4% compared to the same period last year.
Although the volume of cargo through the port still recorded growth, but according to the leader of Vietnam Maritime Administration, the increase of cargo through seaport in the first months of 2019 tends to increase slower than the same period in 2018. .
In particular, the volume of container cargoes through the seaport only increased by 3% in the first 6 months due to a sharp decrease in cargo throughput in some areas such as My Tho by 55% (from 3.802 Teus to 1,722 Teus), Quang. Ninh decreased 47% (from over 74.264 Teus to 39,175 Teus) ...
Wanting to "catch the pulse" of the economic breath just look at the bustle or the gloom of the port system
Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien, Vice Chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Assembly.
Talking to the press before, TS. Nguyen Duc Kien, deputy chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Assembly, said Vietnam now has 45 seaports, but the true seaport of Vietnam only accounts for a small number, in fact we have more berths than ports.
Currently in the world, 80% of the volume of goods traded between countries is by sea transport. In Vietnam, 90% of the country's annual import and export goods are passed through the seaport system. Accordingly, each port group in each region undertakes to transport goods and trade for an economic zone.
"In order to know whether a country's economy is growing or slowing down or recession ... just looking at the bustle or gloom of the seaport system with warehouses and goods, import and export goods will catch the economic breath of In other words, just looking at the current port system will know the health of the economy, ”said Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien.
The deputy chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee evaluated the national seaport system, including: seaports operated by State-owned enterprises and ports, joint-venture companies are the gateway for national friends. Vietnam knows Vietnam, understands Vietnam and is also a place for Vietnam to prove its ability and development ability of the economy is achieving positive speed.
He evaluated the role of seaports is important but note that now many ports do not have technical infrastructure connections behind. For example, the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port complex currently has no railway and for a very long time there is no connecting road. Or as Lach Huyen port has just been built, a very majestic port, borrowed from Japan with the advice of Japan but in the end there is no connecting railway.
Source: Saigon Port