Gemalink Port, Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu. Việt Nam will host the 2025 International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World Congress. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will host the 2025 International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World Congress (FWC 2025), according to the Việt Nam Logistics Business Association (VLA).

The hosting of the event has been approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade with support from Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, it said.

The congress is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội from October 6-10, 2025. The event, considered the “Olympics of logistics”, is expected to see the presence of about 1,000 delegates and have a positive impact on various socio-economic aspects of Việt Nam.

VLA Chairman Đào Trọng Khoa will receive the Talking Stick from the FWC 2024 leadership at the closing session of the 2024 FIATA World Congress taking place in Panama from September 23 to 29.

For almost 100 years, FIATA has been gathering industry leaders and innovators in logistics at its flagship FIATA World Congress to discuss industry challenges and trends, hear perspectives from top industry leaders and their solutions, and exchange and network with supply chain actors from different parts of the logistics industry from all around the world.

This annual event, which takes place around September or October, brings together around 700 to 1,000 participants from the logistics, transport, and cargo industries, as well as observers from other sectors and a number of institutional attendees. — VNS