The cost to hire shipping containers has skyrocketed to nearly ten times its pre-pandemic level, according to export businesses and trade agencies.

The Import and Export Sub-Department, has received complaints from businesses and business groups about a shortage of containers that has led to an unprecedented increase in shipping tariffs, its deputy director Tran Thanh Hai has said.

Laos - Viet International Port Joint Stock Company has held a ceremony to receive the first container ship of 2021 at Vung Ang port in Vung Ang economic zone, Ha Tinh Province’s Ky Anh Town.

VOV.VN - Thousands of tourists have flocked to Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh to celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1 and also to attend the city’s famous Winter Carnival.

MSC Oliver, one of the world’s largest container ships, has docked at the Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province earlier this week.

VOV.VN - The Winter Carnival is set take place for the first time in the southern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City on January 1 as part of cerebrations to welcome in the new year.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on December 3 rejected the latest information of the Amnesty International, saying social platforms like Facebook have become tools for the repression of free expression in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - China should respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and cancel tours of Vietnam’s Paracel islands.

VOV.VN - Two rescue ships belonging to the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance and a military helicopter have been dispatched as part of efforts to search for two fishing vessels from Binh Dinh province and their 26 crew members that had been in distress at sea when attempting to seek shelter from Typhoon Molave.

VOV.VN - A cruise ship with 21 passengers and four crew members on board went up in flames on the morning of August 7, with no injuries sustained.