HANOI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has set a goal that the depot system will be capable of handling about 25-35 percent of the demand for container goods export and import shipment along transport corridors by 2030, local media reported on Thursday.

Under the new plan, the Vietnamese depot system will have a total capacity of 11.9-17.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per year, local Vietnam News newspaper reported.

Priority will be given to the development of depots on the transport corridors connecting with major seaports in the north (such as Hai Phong port) and the south (such as ports of Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau), the newspaper said, citing the plan.

The plan, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, aims to develop a system of facilities nationwide to meet the export and import transportation demand, improve the goods handling capacity of seaports, and better organize container transportation.

It will help reduce transportation costs and the goods storage duration at seaports as well as ease traffic congestion and protect the environment, especially in big cities and the areas housing major ports, the newspaper reported.

Under the plan, Vietnam will need about 24.7-42.4 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.03-1.8 billion U.S. dollars) to develop the inland container depot system by 2030. Enditem

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