Vietnam represented at World Congress on Logistics in Panama

The event witnessed the participation of over 800 representatives from logistics businesses across the world.

Dao Trong Khoa, president of the VLA and head of the Vietnamese delegation, said that the congress helps Vietnamese logistics firms to meet, exchange, and seek co-operation opportunities with leading peers from around the world.

On this occasion, the VLA official received the baton to host the FIATA World Congress (FWC) 2025.

Khoa said the organisation of the FWC 2025 is backed by Vietnamese Government, ministries, and agencies. Most notably, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the FIATA and VLA delegations twice in Hanoi in 2023 and 2024, affirming the strong support of the Vietnamese Government for the FWC 2025.

Leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Transport, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and other ministries and localities also met with FIATA and VLA representatives to express their support for the organisation of FWC 2025.

Serving as a strategic location as a gateway to the Indo-Pacific region and its particularly important position in global trade flows, Vietnam is expected to become a logistics and trade hub for the region and the wider world.

The nation is deeply integrated into the global economy with 19 signed free trade agreements and an expected import-export growth of over 15% next year. This trade expansion is duly supported by the Vietnamese logistics industry with more than 45,000 companies that play an important role in connecting the country to the rest of the world, Khoa said.

He added that Vietnamese commitments to improving infrastructure is demonstrated by the effective operation of Cai Mep Port, which was ranked as the seventh most efficient container port in the world in 2023.

The nation’s strong logistics ecosystem complements the country’s position as a leading manufacturing hub where global giants such as Samsung, LG, Intel, and Foxconn chose to come, Khoa said.