Colonel Praveen Thomas noted that the visit marks an important milestone in bilateral cooperation between India and Vietnam. It further strengthens the India–Vietnam partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, contributing to maritime security and safety, sustainable marine resource management, and strategic regional integration.
Both the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest container shipping firm, have shown their resolve to soon start an international transit terminal project in Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City has proposed an international transit terminal worth about 6 billion USD be built in Can Gio district, and this terminal will be able to handle the world’s largest cargo vessels at present.
The customs office at Saigon Port under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department on May 3 seized an additional 3.3 tonnes of pangolin scales illegally imported from Africa.
The customs office at Saigon Port under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, in coordination with relevant forces, discovered and seized nearly 3.8 tonnes of pangolin scales which were hidden in two containers imported to Vietnam from Congo through Cat Lai port.
The Bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam and Vietnam Prosperity Bank, strategic investors of Saigon Port JSC, asked to sell their holdings in the port at a recent shareholders general meeting.
Saigon Port Company Limited will sell some 35.7 million shares to VietinBank and VPBank, which it plans to select as its strategic investors, during an auction on August 28.
