The container shipping route connecting the ports of Beibu Gulf (China), Hai Phong (Vietnam) and Kolkata (India) is destined to become a key strategic trade axis, contributing to the sustainable growth of both the regional and Vietnamese maritime industries.

Vietnam and India should further strengthen connectivity to record more robust growth in bilateral trade, which is expected to hit 15 billion USD this year and surpass the record the two countries set in 2021, Indian analysts have said.

A shipping route linking the central region of Vietnam and India was inaugurated on July 27.

An international seminar on the prospect of and solutions to maritime law enforcement in the East Sea was held in Ukraine on July 12.

A photo exhibition on China’s illegal construction of artificial islands in the East Sea opened at the Kyung Hee University, a renowned school in Seoul of the Republic of Korea (RoK), on Nov. 29.

China Shipping’s CSCL Star, a container vessel with loading capacity up to 160,000 tonnes, docked in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province’s Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) on October 29.