Yesterday a delegation from the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC), the Vietnamese government agency in who is assigned, among others, the task of representing state-owned enterprises, met in Geneva the top management of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) with whom potential opportunities were discussed cooperation in the fields of ports and logistics. Highlighting the importance of attracting foreign investment, in particular of large companies such as MSC, the vice president of the CMSC, Nguyen Ngoc Canh, stressed that "the presence of MSC's Vietnam not only brings capital, but also offers the opportunity to access advanced technologies and know-how international in the maritime and logistics sectors. Ngoc Canh has recalled that MSC is a strategic partner of Vietnam Marine Corporation (VIMC) and the Saigon Port Joint Stock Company (SGP), with which the Swiss shipowner group is currently working on a project to build a transhipment container port in Can Giò (Ho Chi Minh City) ( of 28 March and 5 July 2022).

With Diego Aponte, president of the MSC Group, Ngoc Canh discussed further specific opportunities for cooperation, including MSC's participation in the project for the construction of a new deep-water port in Lien Chieu (Da Nang) and the establishment of cruise activities in Vietnam and the development of transport on the nation's inland waterways Asian.

Aponte recalled that last July the company terminal operator Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) of the MSC group has signed an agreement with VIMC to establish a joint venture that handle container terminals 3 and 4 in Lach Huyen, Hai Port Phong, as part of the Hai Phong International Gateway project Port, and the group is exploring investment opportunities in other ports in the southern region of the nation and for the development of logistics centers.