New-found popularity threatens to block Vietnams arteries

In Southeast Asia,the single most exciting development ports-wise has been the rapid opening up of Vietnam, where container exports have been growing at 19% on average for the past decade. In the last 12 months the world and his wife has piled into the former French colony. Most are forming joint ventures, primarily in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port project located in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, about 80 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City.