Volume 10, Issue 1 (January 2023), Pages: 130-137

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 Original Research Paper

 Factors impact the current status of logistics service providers in Vietnam and strategies for development

 Author(s): Tuan The Tran ¹, Toan Quang Dinh ², Trang Thu Phan ^3, *

 Affiliation(s):

 ¹Faculty of Transport Economics, University of Transport Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
 ²Student Support Center Startup and Corporate Relations, University of Transport Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
 ³Falculty of International Business and Economics, Thuongmai University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8647-9598

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.01.017

 Abstract:

Logistics service providers (LSPs) are experiencing strong growth in recent times, especially in some developing countries like Vietnam. However, the development of LSPs is affected by many factors both internal and external. This paper aims to analyze the implications for the current status of LSPs. The authors conducted a survey for LSP in Central Vietnam. The survey results show that factors such as digital transformation, government policies, and infrastructure are the factors that affect the current situation of LSPs. Based on the research results, the article also makes some policy suggestions for the government to improve the policy mechanism and encourage the development of LSPs in Central Vietnam in particular and in Vietnam as a whole.

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Logistics service provider (LSP), Central Vietnam, Current status, Digital transformation, Government policy, Infrastructure

 Article History: Received 31 March 2022, Received in revised form 12 July 2022, Accepted 28 September 2022

 Acknowledgment 

This research is funded by the University of Transport Technology and the Ministry of Transport Technology under the project with grant number DT214030.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Tran TT, Dinh TQ, and Phan TT (2023). Factors impact the current status of logistics service providers in Vietnam and strategies for development. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(1): 130-137

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