At the seminar on solutions to make Hanoi a logictic service center of the country last week, experts and enterprises all said that Hanoi has enough conditions to develop into a logistics service center of the whole country. country. However, restrictions on transport infrastructure, lack of land fund, ... slow down the development of logicstics of Hanoi.
Many "obstacles" get in the way
Mr. Nguyen Tuong, senior advisor of Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA) affirmed that Hanoi has enough conditions to develop into a logistics service center of the whole country. However, the infrastructure barriers are not yet adequate, the legal system regulating logistics activities such as the chain of transport, storage and supply services is overlapping, lack of stability, and inexperienced human resources. career ... is a big gap that slows down the development of the logicstics service sector of Hanoi.
Director of Delta International Company, Mr. Tran Duc Nghia affirmed that with intercity transport to Hanoi with a large volume accounting for 55% of the total traffic flow, Hanoi is also the logistics center of the country. The director of data on Hanoi - Hai Phong route, two-way cargo on the same route is quite balanced, specifically, Hanoi - Hai Phong is 19%, and in the opposite direction Hai Phong - Hanoi is 21%.
Thus, if there is a logistics center at both ends, Hanoi - Hai Phong will basically eliminate "empty running" vehicles on the road, reducing costs not only for businesses but also for the whole society.
"We are not yet able to connect that. Although, a lot of effort is spent on transport exchanges, however, because it is not associated with logistics infrastructure - connecting transport modes, connecting businesses - it is impossible to standardize commercial transactions We are doing logistics 4.0 with traditional logistics infrastructure, I go to many countries around the world, currently only Hanoi and Bangkok prohibit motor vehicles Downloading into the Capital, because there is not enough transport infrastructure to meet logistics needs, therefore, pushing logistics into a difficult situation, "Nghia said.
In addition, Mr. Nghia also said that access to land of logistics is difficult, if not resolved, no enterprise would dare to invest. The best way to solve that is to increase the supply and conversion of industrial land use purpose in Hanoi.
According to Mr. Nghia, South Korea has 30 years since its idea to put into construction of a national logistics center. If Hanoi starts working on it today, it is not until 2048 that it can be put into operation.
Mr. Phan Trong Le, Deputy Head of VietNam Post Investment Planning Department, said that the company now handles 750,000 orders, the scale of 5-10 years will increase sharply 3-5 times but the warehouse and transport infrastructure are still closed. switches.
Deputy Director of Logistics Joint Stock Company Nguyen Van Duc knows that the city currently has only one logistics center of class 1 and 1 second class center. "We are seriously lacking in logistics centers. Hanoi is a big economic hub but this number is too modest, can it meet the needs of the market?", Mr. Duc said, Hanoi needs to be fast. expand large-scale warehouses.
Policy must go first
Facing the situation on Mr. Nguyen Tuong, it is recommended to have a policy to specify the laws and decisions of the Government on the development of logistics services in the city. Developing urban logistics services in terms of building smart cities and cooperating with regional and national economic cooperation.
In particular, there should be priority policies for logistics infrastructure development, such as ICDs and logistics centers of the city (reserve land fund, preferential income tax and equipment tax). Research to build service centers to gather goods outside the city and then use small trucks to bring goods into the city, solve traffic congestion and safety in the inner city, especially peak hours. River traffic is also taken into account.
Mr. Tran Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of Import and Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) affirmed that Hanoi has an important position in the national logistic map but only 2 centers are clearly not enough. Need to increase the number and scale up, apply modern technology. How to make Hanoi promote the locomotive in the region, to deserve to be the economic center of the country. This is a problem set for Hanoi and related agencies.
"The logistics centers of Hanoi are inadequate, the scale, the linkage is not high, not yet showing the hand of planning and arranging not only for the current period but also in the period of 15-20 years. "Mr. Hai said.
According to VLA statistics, there are about 4,000 businesses participating in logistics services, of which 1,300 businesses are actively operating. Hanoi has about 1,000 businesses operating in logistics.
