topic solution to ship cargo from vietnam both ho chi minh and ha noi to london uk

China – Europe “Silk Road”Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with theWest, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and

VIETNAM GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOURTON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

REPORTFIATA MODULE 4

TOPIC: SOLUTION TO SHIP CARGO FROM VIETNAM (BOTH HO CHI MINH AND HA NOI) TO LONDON, UK

Ho Chi Minh City, May 2023

GROUP ASSESSMENT FORM

This form must accompany all group work material The group work will notbe marked unless this sheet is uploaded.

Group Case Analysis/ Topic SOLUTION to ship cargo from Vietnam (bothHo Chi Minh and Ha Noi) to London, UKThe group should determine jointly the personal contribution that eachmember made to the completion of the assignment and complete the following table(please add or delete table rows as applicable).

A group comprising 9 members completed a group report At a peerassessment meeting, the members of the group decided that as table follows:

PersonalContribution (Percent)

5 Ngân Hà 720H1532 100%

8 Đặng Thị NhưQuỳnh

Please note that group members who do not fully contribute to an assignmentwill lose up to 20 percent of the Group mark Members who do more than expectedwill NOT receive additional marks.

Signature of the Group Leader Signature of the Mentor in charge

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First of all, with all affection and sincerity, we would like to express ourrespect and gratitude to all lecturers at Ton Duc Thang University, Faculty ofBusiness Administration, International Business Department, and mentors atVILAS who have facilitated us to complete this research.

During the time from researching to presenting the topic, we received a lot ofattention and support from lecturers, Ms Tran Vu Ngoc Lan, especially our mentorMs Hoang Yen Thanks to the contributions of the lecturers and mentor, the group'stopic was better completed.

The presentation has been conducted over about 3 months Because there hasnot been much exposure to reality, mistakes can inevitably be avoided Our group islooking forward to receiving the comments of teachers, industry experts as well asjudges so that we can improve and comprehend more knowledge.

We sincerely thank you

Ho Chi Minh City, 20 March 2023th

Implementation’s student – Group 1

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LECTURER’S COMMENT

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CHAPTER 1: CHINA-EUROPE ‘SILK ROAD’ RAIL NETWORK 10

1.1.RAIL NETWORK SYSTEM 10

1.1.1.China – Europe “Silk Road” 10

1.1.2.Overview of the railway market and multimodal transport inVietnam and UK 11

1.1.2.1 Railway market in VietNam 11

1.1.2.2 Railway market in UK 13

1.1.2.3 Multimodal transport in VietNam 13

1.1.2.4 Multimodal transport in UK 16

1.2.Introduce about CHINA-EUROPE ‘SILK ROAD’ RAIL NETWORK161.2.1.Sea route 16

1.2.2.Rail route: 18

1.2.3.Other solution with shorter transit time to ship from Ho Chi Minh21CHAPTER 2: PHYSICAL FLOWS FROM HO CHI MINH TO LONDON 22

2.1Operation Process 22

2.2.1.Sea – Sea route From Cai Mep - London 25

2.2.1.1 Flow & transit time: 25

2.2.1.2 Carriers via shipping line: 29

2.2.1.3 The process of exporting goods by sea: 30

2.2.1.4 Price 33

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2.2.1.5 The reason customers choose shipping goods by sea: 34

2.2.1.6 Some kinds of commodities which are suitable to ship via thisroute: 342.2.2.Air – Air route from HCM to London : 34

2.2.2.1 Introduction of Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Ho Chi Minh,Vietnam) and Heathrow International Airport (London, British): 35

2.2.2.2 Flow: 36

2.2.2.3 The process of exporting goods by air: 37

2.2.2.4 Transit time and cost: 39

2.2.2.5 Price: 40

2.2.2.6 Flight frequency and Airlines that fly freight from Ho Chi Minh toLondon Heathrow: 41

2.2.2.7 The reason customers choose to go by air: 42

2.2.2.8 Some kinds of commodities which are suitable to ship via thisroute: 432.2.3.SEA-RAIL 43

2.2.3.1 Procedure From Hcm (Cat Lai) To China (Ningbo) 44

2.2.3.2 Procedure From Yiwu To London (Rail) 46

2.2.3.3 Price 47

2.2.3.4 Some kinds of commodities which are suitable to ship via thisroute 48CHAPTER 3 PROCESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT 49

CONCLUSION 51

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-1 The Rail Net-work route of China's "One Belt, One Road" 10

Figure 1-2 Two routes that connected to London 18

Figure 2-1 Carriers via shipping line 29

Figure 2-2 Price of Sea-Sea route 33

Figure 2-3 Direct flow of Air-Air route 36

Figure 2-4 Transit flow of Air-Air route 37

Figure 2-5 Price of Air-Air route 41

Figure 2-6 FLOW SHIPPING FROM HCM TO LONDON BY SEA-RAIL 43

Figure 2-7 Transit time from Cat Lai port to Ningbo port 44

Figure 2-8 Price of Sea-Rail route 47

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CHAPTER 1: CHINA-EUROPE ‘SILK ROAD’ RAIL NETWORK1.1 RAIL NETWORK SYSTEM

1.1.1 China – Europe “Silk Road”

Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with theWest, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome andChina Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east China alsoreceived Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road

The Rail Net-work route of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative

includes the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "Marine Silk Road"

Figure 1-1 The Rail Net-work route of China's "One Belt, One Road"

At present, 33 cities in China have stably operated China Europe trains, and 33cities in 12 countries have arrived in Europe China Rail Way Express Route has 4main area: Western, Central, Eastern and South China to connect to Russia &Europe.

Since July 2017, 52 dedicated operation lines for China Europe trains havebeen set up Among them, there are 33 West routes (9 return routes), 5 middleroutes (2 return routes) and 14 East routes (4 return routes)

1 Chongqing Duisburg Chongqing

2 Chengdu - Rhodes / Tilburg / Nuremberg - Chengdu3 Zhengzhou - Hamburg - Zhengzhou

4 Wuhan - Hamburg / Duisburg / Pardubice - Wuhan

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5 Suzhou Warsaw Suzhou

6 Yiwu - Madrid / London / Riga - Yiwu7 Shenyang - Hamburg / Nuremberg - Shenyang8 Hefei to Hamburg

It starts from Yiwu west station, leaves from Alashankou, passes throughKazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France, crosses the Englishchannel to barking station in London, UK The operation time is about 18-20 days.The train starts from January 1, 2017.

1.1.2 Overview of the railway market and multimodal transport inVietnam and UK

1.1.2.1 Railway market in VietNam

Intermodal rail is being considered as a form of transport suitable for China'sepidemic prevention and control conditions because there is little contact betweenpeople, and at the same time, it can transport a much larger amount of goods thanroad.

In 2021, Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) has also put into operation anew service product, which is an international container train that runs directly toEurope Figures from the Vietnam Railways Corporation show that In the firstquarter of 2022, international freight traffic increased by 40% compared to the sameperiod in 2021.

According to Vietnam Customs, the total export turnover between Vietnamand the UK in 2021 will reach 6.6 billion USD, up 17.2% compared to 2020 Ofwhich, exports will reach nearly 5.8 billion USD increased 16.4%, imports reachedUSD 849 million, up 23.6% The strong increase in Vietnam's exports to the UK is13

Railway (VNR) train carrying commodities departs from Kep station on February18 morning en route to China’s Pingxiang station.

Trang Bom - Dong Nai

Infrastructure:On March 16, at Trang Bom station took place to welcome the firsttrain from Son Dong (China) to Dong Nai On the Chinese side, Mr Xu Meng,General Director of Shandong Hi-Speed Qilu Eurasia Railway Co., Ltd (Shandongtrain manager) informed that since the Regional Comprehensive EconomicPartnership Agreement (RCEP) was implemented in January 1 2022, tradebetween China and 10 ASEAN countries and the four member countries hasbecome closer Central Europe Railway has opened new routes from Shandong toHanoi (Vietnam); Vientiane, Luang Prabang (Laos)…

1.1.2.2 Railway market in UK

In the first 4 months of 2022, the import-export turnover between the twocountries reached nearly 2 billion USD, 169 million USD, a slight increase of 2%,of which exports reached 1 billion USD 936 million, up 2.6%, import reached 232.$9 million, down 2.8% Accordingly, Vietnam's products with high export growthto the UK are coffee, electric wires and cables; rubber; confectionery and cerealproducts; and products; pepper and textiles Items to reduce export proportion arerubber products; steels; phones and accessories; paper and paper products; othermachinery, equipment, tools and spare parts; plastic products.

The international rail freight route from Vietnam to European countries,especially the United Kingdom, has had a remarkable growth rate Representativesof railway logistics enterprises said that from mid-2021 to 2022, goods on this routesometimes increased by 200% over the same period.

After nearly 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations, the strategicpartnership between Vietnam and the UK has continuously grown and developedpositively Currently, the UK has become the 3rd largest trading partner of Vietnamin Europe and the 9th partner of Vietnam to the world.

1.1.2.3 Multimodal transport in VietNam

Currently, in Vietnam, the use of coordinated transport modes for freightforwarding in multimodal transport activities is described in the diagram below.

Road transport combined with railway (2R)

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The model of road transport using highly flexible vehicles, which are cars,combined with railways, using trains with large loads (Road - Rail): This is acombination of mobility With the safety, speed and large load of iron transport, the2R model is currently being used a lot in Vietnam:

In this method, the transport businessmen pack the goods in trailers that arebrought back to the station by cars through trailers called tractors.

At the station, the trailers are pulled onto the wagons and transported to thearrival station When reaching the destination, the transport operator uses tractors topull the trailers down and uses auto transport to deliver them to the destination.

Road transport combined with air (R-A)

The model of road transport using highly flexible vehicles, which are cars,combined with air transport using aircraft with high safety, short transportation timeover long distances (Road - Air ): It is used to combine the advantages ofautomobile transport and air transport The RA model combines the versatility of acar with the length of an airplane, also known as pick up and delivery:

According to this method, transport traders use cars to gather goods to airportsor from airports to deliver goods to other locations.

Car transport is carried out at the beginning and the end of the transportationprocess, with high flexibility, meeting the collection and concentration of goods tothe hub of the airport.

Air transport activities are carried out as intermediaries for transporting goodsin service of inter-provincial long-distance routes with airports and airports.

Road transport combined with sea, inland waterways (RIS)

Model of road transport using highly flexible means of car is combined withsea/inland waterway transport using aircraft with high safety, short transportationtime Road (Road - Air) (Road - Air): It is used to combine the advantages ofautomobile transport and air transport The RA model combines the versatility of acar with the length of an airplane, or pick up and delivery Transport traders use carsto gather goods to airports or from airports to deliver goods at other locations:

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1.1.2.4 Multimodal transport in UK

Multimodal transport market in UK is growing and becoming more populardue to the following reasons: The trend of standardization, such as shipping bycontainers, pallets; Take advantage of scale;

Cost effective due to the combination of advantages of each mode of transport:flexible transport, large frequency, just-in-time, simplification (with theparticipation and responsibility of a transport organizer) ); Environmental factorsreduce the use of polluting modes of transport with more friendly modes oftransport.

1.2 Introduce about CHINA-EUROPE ‘SILK ROAD’ RAIL NETWORK1.2.1 Sea route

Goods will be transported to Hai Phong port, from Hai Phong port throughthe Gulf of Tonkin and the East Sea to Ningbo port From there, the goods will betransported by road or rail to the port of Yiwu, located in Zhejiang province, China.It starts from Yiwu West Railway Station, leaves the country from Alashankou,passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France toMadrid, Spain, with a total distance of 13052 km and an operation time of about 18days It is possible to travel by air, sea, road and rail to London depending on thecustomer's choice

Time: From Hai Phong port to Ningbo port takes about 2-4 days, continue to

transport goods by road or rail from Ningbo port to Yiwu port about 1 day Willeventually move from Yiwu West Railway station directly to london in about 18days.

In summary, the total shipping time from Hanoi to London, UK takes about21-23 days, in addition, it depends on many factors such as loading and unloadingtime, frequency and duration of the shipping lines trains and flights, customsclearance time and other factors.

Connection: The sea route from Hai Phong to Ningbo is one of the most

important sea routes between Vietnam and China, providing many benefits for thetransport of goods between countries, especially in the field of import and export.Logistics and transportation companies choose this route to transport their goodsbecause it is a very reliable and time-saving route.

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