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In the context of constantly changing global trade, logistics is increasingly becoming a decisive factor in national competitiveness. Vietnam has made strong strides in production and export, but the logistics system still has many lingering inadequacies, pushing up costs and reducing advantages... Vietnam has made strong strides in production and export, but the logistics system still has many lingering inadequacies, pushing up costs and reducing advantages... This was pointed out frankly by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2025 recently held in Da Nang. These bottlenecks are both technical and reflect structural limitations and development thinking, requiring strong participation from both the State and the private sector. Six major bottlenecks of Vietnams logistics At the Forum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized: Logistics is an industry that plays a vital role in the circulation of goods, and is one of the pillars of promoting national competitiveness. Recently, the Party and State have been very interested and have had many important guidelines and policies to develop the logistics industry. However, the Prime Minister also commented: Vietnams logistics industry still has shortcomings and limitations, notably 6 main bottlenecks, including: Vietnams logistics industry is still facing many major bottlenecks. Firstly, Vietnams logistics costs are still among the highest in the region, accounting for a large proportion of product costs. Currently, the transportation system still relies heavily on roads, which are prone to congestion and high costs, while rail and waterway infrastructure are not adequately developed. Second, regional links and infrastructure connections are not synchronized, limited, and easily affected when natural disasters occur. According to experts, many localities today, despite having large production capacity, still depend on a few unique transportation routes, making the supply chain easily broken when incidents occur. Third is market fragmentation. Small-scale logistics businesses still make up the majority, with weak competitiveness and a lack of large businesses. This leads to a situation where the market lacks units capable of leading and creating common standards; indirectly causing costs to increase at each stage, making it difficult for businesses to optimize the supply chain. In addition, in Vietnam, there has not yet been a national logistics center to transship international goods. The industry also lacks high-quality human resources, well-trained and professional, suitable for the international working environment. The fifth bottleneck is that the logistics institution has not yet specifically regulated new types of logistics services for e-commerce, green logistics, and special goods logistics. The final bottleneck concerns digital and green transformation. Experts say this is an inevitable trend in the global logistics industry, but most Vietnamese businesses, especially small businesses, do not have enough resources to implement it. The above limitations require innovation in development thinking, a strong transition from the state of small logistics support to modern, smart logistics development; promote regional, regional and international links; consider logistics as a driving force for socio-economic development... Quang Ninh Port - where T&T Group took the first step on its logistics journey. How private enterprises solve the bottleneck problem From the above 6 bottlenecks, it can be seen that Vietnams logistics problem does not lie in one link, but belongs to the structure of the entire system. In that context, the strong participation of the private sector, especially corporations with financial capacity and development experience, is creating positive changes. Among these, T&T Group is a typical example. Entering the logistics playground not too early, T&T Group quickly asserted its position with a different strategy. Instead of investing in small pieces, Mr. Do Quang Hiens Group (Founder, Executive Chairman of T&T Group) aims to create a complete ecosystem, with a long-term vision. The first step was taken in 2015, when T&T became a strategic shareholder of Quang Ninh port - a national deep-water port, an important focal point on the key economic corridor of Quang Ninh-Hai Phong-Hanoi. At this time, most of the Northern goods flowed to Hai Phong, putting great pressure on the seaport system. The participation of T&T Group has created changes: After only 1 year, the output of goods through Quang Ninh Port has increased by 30%; Cargo handling output increased by 33%. Revenue indicators increased by 31%. In particular, profits increased by 280%. For T&T, this is the first foundation to prepare for a longer-term strategy in the next decade, when strategic investors participate more deeply in the big playground, taking a leading role and shaping the national connection chain. 3 years later, T&T Group continued to surprise all observers when it joined hands with logistics giant YCH (Singapore) with a strategic memorandum of understanding at the end of 2018. At this time, YCH proposed the idea of forming a regional smart logistics connection chain - a planning idea.ng matches the vision that T&T Group is pursuing. The result of this cooperation is the birth of Vietnam SuperPortTM - the largest multimodal logistics center in Vietnam, the first component of the ASEAN Smart Logistics Network. The ICD super port in Phu Tho has directly resolved two major bottlenecks: high logistics costs and lack of a national logistics center. Vietnam SuperPort(tm) is a multi-modal logistics super port, undertaking the mission of connecting and integrating Vietnams freight transport network into the global supply chain. Sorting robot system, optimal AI operation, AGV self-propelled vehicles, extended warehouse... not only help increase productivity, reduce errors but also standardize the entire chain according to international
