Most of the foreign vesselsare small ones, with capacity of less than 200 DWT, operating in the northernprovince of Quang Ninh.
Meanwhile, the number ofVietnam-flagged vessels rose slightly, by 3 percent, with more than 52,500arrivals.
In contrast, arrivals by inlandwaterway vehicles declined by 6 percent to 292,300 as a result of the COVID-19pandemic’s impacts.
The number of river - sea compatibleship (VR-SB) arrivals at seaports in Vietnam stands at 40,558, equivalent tolast year’s level.
The Vietnam MaritimeAdministration said total cargo throughput at Vietnamese seaports exceeded 588million tonnes during the reviewed period, up 3 percent from a year earlier. Inparticular, the volume of container goods grew 10 percent to over 20 millionTEUs./.