Vietnam's logistics firms under pressure to adhere to global standards

02 May '22

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Vietnam's logistics sector has been under pressure to train, retrain and upgrade workers' knowledge as well as to keep up to date with international standards and measures, according to the Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA). In a recent VLA survey, 59 per cent of businesses said they need to train their workers on modern quality management systems.

Meanwhile, industry experts have said it is high time Vietnam established its own quality management system that is tailor-made considering small and medium enterprises, energy consumption and domestic infrastructure and transportation.

The government has started working on an occupational standard for the industry's jobs, VLA president Le Duy Hiep said. Once completed, the standard will be the foundation of the industry's recruitment and training process, according to Vietnamese media reports.

The country’s logistics performance index (LPI) ranked 3 out of 10 among the Association of Southeast Asian nations in 2018, after Singapore and Thailand.

The logistics industry is expected to account for 5-6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product by 2025 with a growth rate of 15-20 per cent. Meanwhile, the industry has set an objective to bring costs down by 16-20 per cent and join the world's top 50 in LPI ranking.

The business association advised firms to start building their own quality monitor and control systems, adopt international practices and models, and improve their internal capacity to inspect and adjust operations.

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