On 8 April, the Organizer of the first International Seaport Festival held a meeting to adopt the opening and forum script. Mr. Ho Van Nien - Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.

Vietnam plans to equitize some first class ports including Hai Phong, Da Nang, Quang Ninh, Saigon and Quy Nhon, a part of the program to call for private investment into the infrastructure development.

     Saigon Port Co. Ltd. from now to 2020 will relocate only the port facilities in District 4, meaning those in the port area Nha Rong-Khanh Hoi, while those located in District 7 will be kept unchanged.

     Saigon Port will be equitized in June 2014, said Le Cong Minh, chairman and general director of Saigon Port Co. Ltd., in response to the Prime Ministers decision on selling State stakes in first-grade seaports.

After three years of implementation, the Japan - Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement has expanded trade and strengthened economic relationship between the two countries. On this basis, in order to attract more investment from Japan, Ba Ria - Vung Tau has defined priority areas of calling for investment.

On January 1, Cai Lan Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh received the first cargo vessel of 2013, the CHUETSU SPIRIT from the Philippines .

     Cai Mep, Vietnam - on 18th Oct 2012, Cai Mep International Terminal Co. Ltd (CMIT) organized Safety Day 2012. The theme this year was INTERVENTION and in attendance were 50 representatives of the Port Authority, Custom Office, Waterway Police, and Border Police. Also present were the management and staff of the contractors that regularly work at CMIT such as Phu Hai Marine, Hung Gia, APMSSC, and over 240 of CMITs employees