Blancas, Luis C.2016-01-112016-01-112015-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23603In the 22 years between 1992 and 2014 Vietnam attained the remarkable average annual rate of economic growth of 6.9 percent. However, the sources of growth that underpinned much of this period of economic transformation ready availability of labor and a structural shift of national production from subsistence agriculture to industry and services are gradually being depleted and cannot be sustained indefinitely. Given that a substantial share of Vietnam’s growth has been associated with the expansion of manufacturing linked to international trade, more competitive freight logistics which are the backbone of import-export activity should be among those levers. This report aims to compile the key lessons that have been learned by other countries in setting up platforms for direct dialogue between public sector agencies and private sector freight stakeholders at the planning and policy making level. This experience yields options for Vietnam to strengthen its own approaches to public private and public policy dialogue in logistics. Chapter one gives background and current situation. Chapter two briefly summarizes the current state of private sector involvement in the public sector functions of management and oversight of Vietnam’s logistics industry. Chapter three draws lessons from a limited number of relevant countries where governments have instituted institutional mechanisms for private sector engagement and inter-agency collaboration in logistics and transport planning and policy making. Chapter four offers recommendations for the Government of Vietnam (GoV) towards realistically implementing and ultimately mainstreaming robust private sector engagement and inter-agency collaboration in logistics. Chapter five presents the findings of a recent World Bank- Ministry of Transport (MoT) survey of Vietnam-based private sector freight stakeholders on the subject of private sector engagement in the planning and policy making processes of government. Chapter six concludes by offering examples of the kinds of good public sector logistics management practices that the GoV can pursue if it availed itself of the collaborative mechanisms recommended by this report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOURBAN TRANSPORTSHIPPERSTRANSPORT SECTORPUBLIC TRANSITENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONLOGISTICS PLANNINGTRANSPORTATION RATESVEHICLE REGISTRATIONAIRPORTPASSENGERSTRANSPORT EFFICIENCYROAD IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT RESEARCH CENTERTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREVEHICLESRAIL LINESFREIGHT TRANSPORTTRANSPORTATION RESEARCHINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTRAIL TRANSPORTATIONINLAND WATERWAYSTRANSPORT SAFETYCARRIERSTRAFFICMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTTAXAIRPORTSROAD MAINTENANCEQUALITYAIRDRIVERSMODAL CHOICEVEHICLEFREIGHT MOVEMENTROADSEAPORTSCARGOCOSTSRAIL TRANSPORTTRAININGPORT AUTHORITIESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT PLANNINGCUSTOMSLOGISTICSMOBILITYTRAFFIC SAFETYRAIL LINERAIL OPERATORSHIGHWAY CONGESTIONFREIGHT DELIVERYINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTNATIONAL TRAFFICFREIGHT FORWARDERSTRANSPORTATION PLANNINGRAIL OPERATORTRANSPORT PROBLEMSREGISTRATION FEESROAD IMPROVEMENTINTERNATIONAL GATEWAYSROUTEGREENHOUSE GASESGRANTSINFRASTRUCTURETRUCK DRIVERSLAND USENATIONAL LOGISTICSFREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONINITIATIVESEMISSIONTRANSPORT FACILITATIONCONGESTIONDRIVINGRAIL FREIGHTFREIGHT MOBILITYTRAVELTRANSPORTATIONTRANSITCLIMATE CHANGEPOLICIESTRANSPARENCYBORDER CROSSINGREDUCTIONS IN CONGESTIONTRUCKSTRANSPORT RESEARCHPOLICETRAINSNATIONAL TRANSPORTFREIGHT OPERATIONSPUBLIC TRANSPORTPASSENGER TRAFFICRAILWAYHIGHWAYSFREIGHT DISTRIBUTIONBRIDGEMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTCOST OF TRANSPORTATIONENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONSROADSPORT FACILITIESCROSSINGFREIGHT RAILFLEETSHIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONHIGHWAYTRADEMARITIME TRANSPORTTRANSPORTATION TERMINALSRAILWAYSVEHICLE REGISTRATION FEESECONOMIES OF SCALEACCIDENTSFREIGHT SECTORRAILFUELLANESTRANSPORT DEMANDINLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTTRANSPORTATION DEMANDTRANSPORT DEREGULATIONFREIGHT MARKETINVESTMENTSRIGHT OF WAYTRANSPORT COSTSRAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONROAD TRANSPORTSAFETYINLAND WATERWAYTRANSPORTATION SERVICESFREIGHTFINANCIAL INCENTIVESBOTTLENECKSEXPRESSWAYSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/23603