ontainerisation in the ports of Vietnam

his paper examines some of the contemporary features of containerisation at the ports of Vietnam. Ports are having to adjust to a wide range of forces, both local and global. Enhanced competition between ports is shaping developments. Ports have to keep pace with technological developments and thus there are great pressures to expand their facilities. In addition, links with hinterland markets have to be improved and extended. The paper demonstrates that these pressures are being felt throughout the port system, and through a series of individual and regional examples the dynamism of the Vietnamese port system is exposed.