Hanoi, Nov. 1 -- The central region holds significant potential for logistics development, but how to realise this potential, achieve international competitiveness, and position the sector as a key economic driver requires a unified strategy and supportive macroeconomic policies.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan said the region serves as a crucial link between the country's two largest growth poles - the North and the South - through a network of national highways, railways, seaports, and airports.

This strategic location has made the north-central and south-central coast a convergence point for goods-including raw materials, agricultural products, minerals, and manufactured and processed industrial products-no...