HANOI (Bernama-Xinhua): The volume of goods passing through Vietnamese seaports in the first seven months of this year posted a five-year record high, Xinhua quoted the Vietnam News report, citing the Vietnam Maritime Administration's official data.
The goods volume was estimated at 501.12 million tonnes during the cited period, up by 16 per cent over the same period in 2023, while container cargo throughput reached 16.902 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), a 21 per cent rise year-on-year.
