Cargo storage space is becoming increasingly important as Vietnamese goods join global value chains.

Before the Lunar New Year, many fruits and agricultural products exported to China were stuck at the border gates, with thousands of containers, and traders neglected to purchase them.

While many industries are suffering during the Covid-19 pandemic, cold storage supply chains are heating up the logistics industry.

There has been a sharp rise in demand for cold storage in the Asia-Pacific region which has pushed foreign investment into Vietnam, strengthening the value of the local supply chain.

The trend of shoppers going online en masse is driving demand for cold storage facilities in most countries, with Vietnam seemingly among those with a severe short supply.

Amid challenging times for exports of Vietnamese produce and an increase in e-commerce, the flaws of the inconsistent cold storage supply become more obvious.

The largest ever vaccination campaign in history has posed both opportunities and challenges to the cold storage industry as tens of millions of vaccine doses need to be preserved at the same time.

As Vietnam develops a quality cold storage system to successfully implement the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the opportunity for multinational corporations to join the logistical effort might open its doors.

The rise of online shopping is driving demand for cold storage facilities, a segment that is severely short of supply around the world.

A strong demand for fruits and vegetables is driving food hygiene and safety requirements in Vietnam, which in turn are spurring investments in new cold storage facilities, said Cushman & Wakefield, in a recent report.

The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the shortage of cold storage space in HCM City and surrounding areas as goods pile up as a result of lack of demand.

 Demand for cold storage is increasing due to the lower consumption of food during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A folklift truck driver was found alive on July 23 five days after being trapped in a cold storage with room temperature dropping to minus 20 degrees Census in Dong Thap province.