Nearly 1,100 containers of waste at Cat Lai Port, HCM City, which failed to meet Vietnam’s import requirements will be re-exported in the second quarter of this year.

Competition between seaports is set to increase in 2020 when more ports open.

The HCM City Customs Department plans to reduce the number of and shorten the time for customs procedures at Cát Lái Port in District 2 to reduce congestion.

While there is still a huge number of abandoned shipments at HCM City's Cat Lai Port, the authorities continue finding out that another firm has abandoned their waste shipment.

Vietnam is encouraging investors from all around the world to develop its ports, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All ports along the Sai Gon River will be relocated by the end of the year to reduce pressure on transport in HCM City, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of containers were left at Cat Lai Port, HCM City over the last few months because owners haven’t visited the customs department to complete the necessary procedures, 

Tolls and other kinds of fees have increased as the number of vehicles has risen more rapidly than the volume of goods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers may have colluded in the disappearance of 213 containers full of electric appliances, electronics and other goods, 

HCM City plans to step up enforcement against smuggling and trade fraud to cope with the increasing number of violations, especially at Cat Lai Port in HCM City. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has called for immediate plans to expand HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport after inspecting its international terminal yesterday, saying it is too congested. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Nhat, director of the Vietnamese Maritime Administration, spoke to Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam about plans to cut unnecessary and burdensome fees imposed on cargo clients

VietNamNet Bridge – Huge backlogs have remained to be cleared at Cat Lai Port since early this month although the HCMC Department of Customs said it has tried to improve the situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 80% of cargo containers in HCM City must go through Cat Lai port, but the port has been overloaded for several weeks.

On the main route leading to the Cat Lai New Port - the largest and most modern port in Vietnam, every day thousands of container trucks run on the road but Dong Van Cong Road is seriously damaged, with a lot of deep cracks.