Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 485.3 million tonnes ofcargo were handled at Vietnam’s seaports in the first eight months of thisyear, including over 13.9 million TEUs of container cargo, up 6 percent and 8percent annually, respectively.
Deputy Director General of the Vietnam MaritimeAdministration Hoang Hong Giang said in August alone, nearly 57.3 million TEUsof cargo went through Vietnamese seaports, up 2 percent. Of which, the volumeof container cargo surpassed 1.7 million TEUs, up 7 percent year-on-year.
The bulk of container goods handled by seaports is on therise compared to July, Giang said.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, seaports in the centralprovinces of Quang Tri and Quang Ngai saw high increases in the volume ofcargo, of up to 73-97 percent.
Seaports in Nam Dinh, Can Tho, Thanh Hoa and Thai Binhposted rises of between 20-32 percent.
In particular, the container throughput of seaports in MyTho soared by 276 percent, Thanh Hoa 96 percent, Quy Nhon 22 percent, Vung Tauand Ho Chi Minh City 15 percent./.
