Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 12
1.1. Scope and objectives of research 12
1.2. Structure of research 13
Chapter 2. Background of logistic system in Vietnam and major cities 15
2.1. Overview of Vietnam's economy 15
2.1.1. GDP growth rate 15
2.1.2. State budget revenue, expenditure and insurance 16
2.1.3. Investment 16
2.1.4. Business registration 17
2.1.5. Price and inflation 17
2.1.6. Results of business production in each sector 19
2.2. Overview of logistics system in Vietnam 20
2.2.1. Score of Logistics performance index (LPI) 20
2.2.2. Legal framework for logistics operations 21
2.2.3. Logistics infrastructure in Vietnam 22
2.2.4. Logistics opportunities in Vietnam 32
2.3. Sketches of five biggest metropolises in Vietnam 34
2.3.1. Ha Noi 34
2.3.2. Ho Chi Minh 38
2.3.3. Hai Phong 42
2.3.4. Da Nang 47
2.3.5. Can Tho 52
2.4. Literature review 56
2.4.1. Research on city logistics infrastructure competition 56
2.4.2. Research on city logistics infrastructure competition using TOPSIS methodology 59
Chapter 3. Methodology 61
3.1. TOPSIS methodology 61
3.2. The implication of TOPSIS methodology in this research 62
Chapter 4. Evaluating the logistics infrastructure in Vietnam's major cities 65
4.1. Empirical analysis of the logistics infrastructure of five major metropolises. 65
4.2. Result of the evaluation on the logistics infrastructure by each factor 69
Chapter 5. Conclusion 85
References 92
Table 1. Annual average consumer price index, gold, USD price Index... 18
Table 2. Handling capacity of some ports in Vietnam 23
Table 3. Featured highways in Vietnam 27
Table 4. Road infrastructure 28
Table 5. The railway lines with Hanoi are the head of the node 35
Table 6. Input data of 5 biggest cities in Viet Nam (2018) 69
Table 7. The normalized matrix 71
Table 8. The weights of Communication infrastructure criteria 71
Table 9. The weight decision matrix 71
Table 10. The distance from the ideal alternatives 72
Table 11. The ranking the communication infrastructure criteria 72
Table 12. The normalized matrix 73
Table 13. The weights of Demand transportation criteria 74
Table 14. The weight decision matrix 74
Table 15. The distance from the ideal alternatives 74
Table 16. The ranking the demand for transportation criteria 75
Table 17. The normalized matrix 76
Table 18. The weights of Economic situation criteria 76
Table 19. The weight decision matrix 76
Table 20. The distance from the ideal alternatives 77
Table 21. The ranking the economic situation criteria 77
Table 22. The normalized matrix 78
Table 23. The weights of storage and transportation criteria 78
Table 24. The weight decision matrix 79
Table 25. The distance from the ideal alternatives 79
Table 26. The ranking the storage and transportation criteria 79
Table 27. The normalized matrix 81
Table 28. The weights of the investment criteria 81
Table 29. The weight decision matrix 81
Table 30. The distance from the ideal alternatives 82
Table 31. Ranking the investment criteria 82
Table 32. The result of analysis 84
Fig. 1. GDP growth rate (2012-2018) 15
Fig. 2. State budget revenue and expenditure 2018 16
Fig. 3. Total investment at current price 2016-2018 17
Fig. 4. Vietnam's LPI improvement 21
Fig. 5. Volume of freight carried by maritime transport in Vietnam 2010-2018 25
Fig. 6. The volume of freight carried by railway 28
Fig. 7. Human resources quality in the logistics company 32
Fig. 8. Hierarchical structure of cities logistics 68