Khóa luận - Transport and trade facilitation in Malaysia and lessons for Viet Nam

TABLE OF CONTENT
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................. iv
LIST OF TABLES................................................................................................. v
LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................. vi
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL THEORY OF TRANSPORT AND TRADE FACILITATION ................................................................................................... 5
1.1. Overview of trade facilitation........................................................................... 5
1.1.1. Definition of trade facilitation.................................................................... 5
1.1.2. Benefits of trade facilitation....................................................................... 8
1.1.3. Issues of trade facilitation .......................................................................... 9
1.2. Regional and international policies on trade facilitation .............................. 13
1.2.1. Policy framework .................................................................................... 13
1.2.2. Regional and international organizations working on trade facilitation .... 14
1.2.3. International policies and strategies related to trade facilitation ............... 20
1.3. Key performance indicators of trade facilitations.......................................... 22
1.3.1. Logistics Performance Index (LPI) .......................................................... 22
1.3.2. Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) ....................................................... 24
1.3.3. Enabling Trade Index (ETI) ..................................................................... 25
1.3.4. Global Connectedness Index (GCI – DHL).............................................. 25
1.3.5. Other indicators ....................................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 2: CURRENT STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT TO FACILITATE TRADE IN MALAYSIA IN THE PERIOD 2005 - 2014 ........................................................................................................... 27
2.1. Overview of Malaysia’s economy................................................................... 27
2.1.1. Geographic location and political situation of Malaysia........................... 27
2.1.2. Economic situation of Malaysia ............................................................... 29
2.1.3. Foreign trade of Malaysia ........................................................................ 30
2.1.4. Malaysia’s inward foreign direct investment............................................ 33
2.2. Overview of Malaysia government’s operation of transport and trade
facilitation............................................................................................................. 34

2.2.1. Management of trade sector ..................................................................... 34
2.2.2. Customs and other border agencies .......................................................... 35
2.2.3. Management of transport sector ............................................................... 35
2.2.4. Malaysia’s plans on investing in transport and logistics ........................... 36
2.2.5. Malaysia’s participation in international transport conventions and
agreements ........................................................................................................ 37
2.3. Malaysia’s indicators of trade facilitation ..................................................... 38
2.4. Transport infrastructure in Malaysia ............................................................ 40
2.4.1. Road infrastructure and network .............................................................. 40
2.4.2. Railway infrastructure and network ......................................................... 41
2.4.3. Maritime and ports infrastructure and network ........................................ 42
2.4.4. Airport infrastructure and network........................................................... 43
2.4.5. Inland waterway infrastructure and network ............................................ 45
2.5. Transport corridors and international supply chains in Malaysia ................ 45
2.5.1. Priority transport corridors....................................................................... 45
2.5.2. International supply chains integration .................................................... 46
2.6. Transport and logistics services in Malaysia ................................................. 46
2.6.1. Road freight transport services ................................................................ 46
2.6.2. Railway freight transport services ............................................................ 47
2.6.3. Maritime transport and port services ........................................................ 47
2.6.4. Air freight transport services ................................................................... 48
2.6.5. Inland waterway freight services ............................................................. 49
2.6.6. Freight forwarding and warehousing services .......................................... 50
2.6.7. Express freight and postal services .......................................................... 50
2.7. Lessons learnt from transport and trade facilitation in Malaysia ................. 51
CHAPTER 3: SUGGESTIONS TO DEVELOP TRANSPORT TO FACILITATE TRADE IN VIETNAM FROM 2015 TO 2020 BASED ON EXPERIENCES OF MALAYSIA ...................................................................... 54
3.1. Vietnam’s practice of transport operation to facilitate trade in the period 2005
– 2014 ................................................................................................................... 54
3.1.1. Overview of Vietnam’s economic situation ............................................. 54

3.1.2. Indicators of trade facilitation in Vietnam................................................ 58
3.1.3. Transport infrastructure in Vietnam ......................................................... 62
3.1.4. Transport corridors in Vietnam ................................................................ 68
3.1.5. Provision of logistics services in Vietnam................................................ 70
3.2. Government’s perspectives of transport and trade facilitation from 2015 to
2020 ...................................................................................................................... 71
3.2.1. National dimensions ................................................................................ 71
3.2.2. Organizational framework ....................................................................... 72
3.2.3. Sectoral strategies .................................................................................... 73
3.3. Recommendations to develop transport for trade facilitation in Vietnam based on experiences of Malaysia .................................................................................. 74
3.3.1. Recommendation for transport infrastructure ........................................... 75
3.3.2. Recommendation for transport corridors and international supply chains 76
3.3.3. Recommendation for mechanism of managing trade facilitation activities
.......................................................................................................................... 77
3.3.4. Recommendation for transport and logistics services ............................... 78
CONCLUSION.................................................................................................... 80
LIST OF REFERENCES .................................................................................... 82
APPENDIXES ..................................................................................................... 88