Inland Waterway Transport in Vietnam: Strategies to Improve Transportation Efficiency during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract On a global scale, the COVID-19 pandemic had quite a negative influence on society, the economy, transportation, and the environment. There will be an eruption of covid-19 in Vietnam, especially in 2021, which would impair internal freight transit. Restricting road and aviation travel to inland waterways is an extreme strategy to deal with the situation. This paper examines the Vietnam national inland waterway transportation infrastructure, highlighting the outstanding problems. Finally, some solutions were proposed to fully utilize the transportation industry’s capabilities during and after the pandemic.