“Green Logistics” - Theme of Vietnam Logistics Forum 2022

24/11/2022

The Ministry of Industry and Trade today (November 22) said that in order to orient and encourage logistics businesses to comply with the requirements of energy saving, emission reduction, and clean energy use, the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2022 will theme is "Green Logistics". This is also the topic of the Vietnam Logistics Report 2022 published at the forum.

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Logistics is a service industry that consumes energy and generates large emissions. Promoting the development of logistics services in parallel with saving energy, switching to using environmentally friendly energy sources, and using recyclable materials is a big task for the logistics service industry.

At the COP-26 Climate Change Summit (November 2021), the Prime Minister pledged that Vietnam would achieve net zero emissions by 2050. This is a crucial goal and requires responsibility and strong participation of industries, including logistics.

Logistics conference in 2021

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has taken the theme of the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2022 as "Green Logistics" to orient and encourage logistics enterprises to comply with the requirements of energy saving, emission reduction, and energy use. clean.

The 10th Vietnam Logistics Forum in 2022 is held in the context of many new features. The implementation of free trade agreements such as CPTPP, EVFTA, and RCEP requires businesses to make efforts to improve competitiveness. The Covid-19 epidemic has been controlled, but the socio-economic impacts after the pandemic along with the war in Ukraine are causing recession and inflation in many markets around the world, strongly affecting businesses. industry in general and logistics service enterprises in particular.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is working with ministries, branches, and localities to focus on removing difficulties, boosting production, and exporting goods, thereby effectively taking advantage of new FTAs, reducing damage caused by the epidemic, and quickly rapid recovery of growth momentum. This year's forum was held on November 25 and 26, in Hai Phong.
 

Vietnam Logistics Forum is an annual event organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with relevant agencies from 2013 to the present. This is an important event in Vietnam's logistics industry with the goal of promoting the development of logistics services, and creating a link between logistics and the manufacturing, import, and export industries; At the same time, it is also a place to discuss and update information on important and urgent issues of logistics services in Vietnam and the world.

The annual logistics forum receives the attention and appreciation of leaders of the Government, ministries, sectors, localities, and businesses because of its practical significance in supporting businesses to connect and cooperate. , attracting investment to promote the development of the logistics service industry.

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