If the US continues to impose a high tariff after a 90-day postponement, importers with deep pockets in Malaysia will pay the extra tariffs in addition to additional levies, but small companies without sizeable cash or liquidity will not pick up the goods and will leave them stranded at ports.

The transport sector carried over 2.17 billion passengers in the first half of 2023, up 15.9% year-on-year, heard a conference hosted by the Ministry of Transport in Hanoi on July 10.

The Hannara training ship, donated by the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK), has arrived at MPC Port in northern Hai Phong city, seven days after departing from Busan, Rector of the Vietnam Maritime University (VMU), Pham Xuan Duong, said on September 23.

The 18th Asia Maritime and Fisheries Universities Forum (AMFUF) is underway in the northern port city of Hai Phong, with a focus on promoting globalisation and cooperation in maritime training.

The Indonesian government is ready to offer projects in the maritime sector worth 91.1 billion USD next year in order to support President Joko Widodo’s administration’s plan to make Indonesia a global maritime axis.

The maritime sector is stepping up its administrative reform, enabling all of Vietnam’s vessels operating domestic routes to apply administrative procedures online.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Norwegian side to further promote cooperation with Vietnam.

A workshop on "Maritime sector’s contributions to a blue economy for the seas of East Asia” was organised in the central city of Da Nang on November 18.