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Category: Transport & Infrastructure Vietnam
Vietnam is becoming a powerhouse for business and enterprise and this has led to huge demand for transportation services. From roads to rail to ships to aeroplanes there are a multitude of ways of moving people and products around Vietnam
This section covers: aviation, shipping, and road and rail transport and associated services.
Vietnam’s Pacific Airlines has no aircraft left in its fleet
The airline, owned by Vietnam’s national carrier Vietnam Airlines, looks to have returned all of its aircraft though this may have been a repossession. This article in Tuoi Tre is not exactly clear but it does make specific mention of the struggles of Pacific Airlines to pay its debts. “The
VinFast exec claims will break even in 2025
Despite losses totally more than US$2 billion in 2023, Vietnam’s homegrown automaker will break even in 2025, according VinFast President Le Thi Thu Thuy as reported by Zing News. This is a huge undertaking with sales overseas lacklustre at best–just a few thousand–and the vehicles sold in Vietnam mostly to
Vietnam car sales fall 51 cent in February
A total of 10,017 cars were sold in February down from 20,536 in February of last year, according to data from the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association and reported by Just Auto. This article says this was partly due to the Lunar New Year holiday. It also says that car sales
The data in this article about Vietnam’s electric vehicle market
Cleantechnica is running an article about Vietnam’s electric vehicle market in which they use data from the International Trade Association that suggests that the car ownership rate in Vietnam will reach 30 percent by 2030 up from 5.7 percent in 2020. The original report also says that rate will be
Vietnam’s Prime Minister requests greater aviation investment from Australia
The Prime Minister of Vietnam, in Australia for the Australia-ASEAN Special Summit has encouraged Australian Airlines to fly to Vietnam, VN Express is reporting. Furthermore, he urged investment funds and banks to invest ‘indirectly’ in Vietnamese airlines. Foreign ownership of airlines in Vietnam is capped at 34 percent and therefore
Vietnam agriculture firms grappling with increased logistics costs
Logistics costs are becoming an increasing challenge for Vietnam’s agricultural exports, Vietnamnet is reporting. The publication claims that 60 percent of logistics costs are transport-related and compares this to 30 percent ‘in other countries’ (no source provided). One of the key gripes in this article is that foreign transport firms,
This breakdown of the tax incentives Vinfast is receiving in North Carolina
The News and Observer is carrying a breakdown of the tax incentives Vietnam’s Vinfast is receiving with regard to the factory it is building in North Carolina. Essentially, there are a combined US$1.25 billion in incentives on offer for Vinfast under the understanding that the firm will create 7,500 jobs
Hanoi airport reaches 38,000 arrivals a day, exceeds capacity
In the week following the Lunar New Year, Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, was welcoming up to 38,000 international arrivals a day, VN Express is reporting. This puts the airport well over its capacity of 10 million arrivals a year or around 27,000 passengers a day. Ho Chi Minh City’s
Vinfast leveraging new factory promises to gain import tax breaks?
Vietnam’s electric car maker Vinfast has announced that it has broken ground on a new factory in India’s Tamil Nadu. At the same time it has asked India for import tax breaks on ready-made electric vehicles from its factory in Vietnam, Reuters is reporting. Vinfast has made a number of
Vietnam budget airline ordered not to interfere in recovery of repossessed jets
One of Vietnam’s biggest airlines, Vietjet, has been ordered by a UK court not to obstruct the repossession of several of its jets by the lessor FW Aviation, Reuters is reporting. This is part of an ongoing dispute between the carrier and lessor FW Aviation–a subsidiary of the UK’s FitzWalter
Local media spin attempts to hide Vietnam Airlines ongoing losses
Vietnam’s domestic media is reporting that Vietnam Airlines recorded a profit from ‘transportation activities’ in the fourth quarter of 2023, neglecting to mention that on the whole the airline recorded a loss in Q4 of VND 2,065 or US$84.6 million. This angle on these latest figures has been expressed by
Vietnam-Europe freight rates spike on Red Sea conflict
The price for shipping a forty-foot container from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to Northern Europe has hit an average of US$3,700, 90 percent higher than in December of 2023, Tuoi Tre is reporting. This is as a result of conflict in the Red Sea which is seeing cargo ships
How Vietnam Airlines might be able to remain listed on the HoSE
Despite being negative equity alongside three years of losses, Vietnam Airlines may be able to remain listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange if amendments to Decree 155/2020/ND-CP are approved, according to Vietnam Stock Economic Magazine. The changes on the table include an additional clause to Article 120
Gov’t intervention may be needed to save Vietnam Airlines: KPMG
Financial services firm KPMG, which audited the half-yearly report of Vietnam Airlines, has said financial support from the government may be needed to keep the national carrier afloat, The Leader is reporting. It also notes that in the first half of the year the airline Had an after-tax loss of
Vietnam’s overcrowded airports cost Vietnam Airlines US$20 million last year
The president of Vietnam Airlines has said that overcrowding at airports in the burgeoning Southeast Asian nations cost the national carrier US$20 million last year, VN Express is reporting. Key takeaways HCMC airport was built for 28 million visitors a year; but Last year it had 34 million arrivals. Hanoi
Government support on the cards for embattled Bamboo Airways
Several government ministries and private enterprises have been called on to help ‘Bamboo Airways resolve its difficulties by year-end’ by the Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, VN Express is reporting. Key takeaways Petrolimex, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam, and several local banks have been asked to provide assistance; But
Vietnam Airlines trading restrictions lifted, stock bounces
Trading restrictions on Vietnam Airlines (HVN) stock listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, whereby trading was restricted to the afternoon trading session only, have been lifted giving the stock a bounce, CafeFN is reporting. The stock was up 6.82 percent at the close of trade December 25. Key
Vietnam state-owned shipbuilding firm to go bankrupt
The Government of Vietnam has decided to wind up the state-owned Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) and all of its subsidiaries bar one, Vietnam News is reporting. Of note, its predecessor Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group also went bankrupt back in 2010 amid allegations of mismanagement and corruption.
Ocean freight costs Vietnam to Europe shoot up amid Middle East tensions
Tensions in the Middle East that have led to a number of ships choosing to avoid the Red Sea and this is almost double the price of shipping from Vietnam to Europe, Sustainable Plastics is reporting. Prices for shipping 20 foot containers were in the hundreds of dollars just two
Vietnam’s shipping firms lament new environmental standards
Just 400 out of 1,500 Vietnamese flagged ships have been approved for Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) ratings. This is problematic in that from January 1, 2024 the EU will charge ships that dock in a member state for the carbon emissions they produce, Vietnam News (state media) is
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Vietnam FDI Source Country Tracker: December Update [data set]
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