The Ministry of Transport has approved a proposal for the Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) to officially receive reduced-load container ships with a carrying capacity of up to 214,121 DW.

Cai Mep Port in Phu My Town, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, is now among the top 30 largest container ports in the world, according to consultancy firm Alphaliner.

France’s CMA CGM Group and Vietnam’s International Transportation and Trading Joint Stock Company (ITC) launched a joint venture company to provide barge services in Vietnam on April 19.

Vietnam is shaping up as Southeast Asia's single economic success story in the coronavirus era, maintaining steady positive growth as other economies struggle to recover, Nikkei Asia reported on November 19.

A leader of Phnom Penh capital city of Cambodia asked Ba Ria – Vung Tau to open a tourism bus route linking the two sides while meeting with visiting officials of the southern province of Vietnam on October 21.

Authorised offices in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 24 uncovered 100 bricks of cocaine, hidden in a container of imported scrap.

With a view to turning tourism into a spearhead sector, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has helped travel agencies renew their tours while diversifying and improving tourism product quality.