During his participation in the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit and working trip to China, on November 8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Chongqing International Logistics Center, China and welcomed the ASEAN express train departing from Hanoi .
Located in the center of southwest China, in recent years, Chongqing has played a role as China's transportation and logistics center. It connects the provinces of western China and ASEAN countries; the north connects with the large market in Europe through the China-Europe train; the south expands to the Southeast Asian market, connects with ASEAN and integrates with the world. Therefore, Chongqing International Logistics Center plays an important role.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the booth displaying Vietnamese products; listened to an introduction to the activities of the Logistics Center; visited the wharf and the entire Center. In particular, the Prime Minister and the delegation welcomed the ASEAN express train departing from Hanoi to the Chongqing Logistics Center.
Chongqing International Logistics Center has a total area of 17.93 hectares, with a construction area of 108,000 square meters. Of which, Chongqing Dry Port is located on the land route in the center of Chongqing International Logistics Zone. Currently, the Port has nearly 30 international shipping companies choosing it as a gateway to penetrate into mainland China.
Chongqing Dry Port aims to promote western China and spread to RCEP countries and regions. The port has the advantages of "centralization, greening, digitalization, and intelligence", forming four centers: "new land and sea transport route operation center", "international shipping container regulation and coordination center", "import and export cold logistics concentration and coordination center" and "import and export goods concentration and coordination center".
Currently, the new land and sea routes have connected Chongqing with Vietnam in many forms such as: railway-sea transport, cross-border railway, cross-border road. Chongqing dry port has 7 major functions including: International container transportation and storage; processing, cold chain storage for import and export, exhibition and trade, concentration and coordination of large consumer goods; freight forwarding; supply chain service platform and financial services. At the same time, through links with 14 bonded warehouses in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang... to develop a combination of "logistics + trade + industry development + finance".
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the strategic position and role of Chongqing Logistics Center in connecting trade; wished to continue to strengthen connections with Vietnam by road, waterway, and railway, especially the international railway route from Vietnam through Chongqing, China to Central Asia and Europe to exploit the potential market but facing difficulties in transportation.
Noting that railway transport has the advantage of combining both air and water transport, with a transit time of goods not too long and not too high fares, and safety, the Prime Minister hopes that both sides will urgently invest in upgrading and increasing railway connections to remove bottlenecks in transport to Central Asia and Europe.
The Prime Minister suggested valuing time, intelligence and connection, reopening the "Silk Road" in the new era, creating the future, mutually beneficial cooperation; opening new trade corridors, not only between Vietnam and China but also ASEAN, Central Asia and Europe.
Along with that, we suggest that Chinese friends closely coordinate with Vietnamese partners, develop logistics, promote trade and related industries so that Vietnamese goods can have more access to the Chinese market and export Vietnamese goods to third countries, especially the Middle East and Europe.
With its geographical advantage, Vietnam has a strategy to develop into a transit center for both air and water, with large airports and seaports that have been and will be invested in. The Prime Minister emphasized that logistics development is both a requirement and a potential and advantage of Vietnam; he hopes that China will cooperate, provide financial support, transfer science and technology, train human resources, share management experience and improve institutions... to help Vietnam develop similar logistics centers.
In particular, the Prime Minister and the delegation welcomed the ASEAN express train departing from Hanoi to Chongqing Logistics Center.
A representative of Vietnam Railways Corporation - the unit that carries intermodal trains carrying export goods to China and third countries - said that the train included goods from ASEAN countries transiting through Vietnam and Vietnamese goods transported 6 days ago, including motorcycle components, electronics, and toys exported to Europe by FDI enterprises in Vietnam.
These containers will be connected to Asia-Europe trains departing from Chongqing and heading to European cities. Rail transport shortens the time it takes to transport goods compared to sea transport and has much lower freight rates than air transport.
This is the last activity of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his working trip to China to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, the 10th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS), the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit and a working visit to China. In the evening of the same day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Chongqing city for home./.
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