Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Many students showedinterest in logistics startups while attending a recent seminar held by theMinistry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Export-Import Department and theVietnam logistics training network.
The students expressed their hopes to work for logistics firms before settingup logistics startups, but wondered as fresh graduates whether they would beemployed or not.
CEOs of major logistics companies like Delta International and Kepler Logisticssaid working spirit and passion for logistics were more important thanexperience as they provide training for all new employees.
Tran Thanh Hai, deputy head of the Export-Import Department, said manyuniversities and colleges have started offering logistics training programmes,helping shorten training duration for businesses.
Economists at the seminar told the students how to set up startups, stressinginnovation and creativity as key factors.
Dinh Viet Hoa, President of the National Startup Association, suggested youths takeadvantage of business opportunities and learn from foreign models.
To become big businesses in the future, capacity for administration and humanresources is needed, he said.
According to economists, the rapid development of e-commerce has changed consumptionhabits of Vietnamese, from traditional to online shopping.
Statistics show that cross-border online transaction value in Vietnam is nearly500 billion USD each year, with about 9 billion USD worth of goods transportedby road. The country, therefore, has been seen as a fertile land for logisticsstartups.-VNA
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