Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, a board member of a Chinese studies association in the Philippines, writes that the 134.2 km Binglu Canal links the Beibu Gulf with inland waterways in Guangxi, shortening sea access for southwest China and giving ASEAN countries a new route to Western markets via the China-Europe rail network. The 72.7 billion yuan (about $10.8 billion) project, completed in four years, opened on September 16 to vessels of up to 5,000 tons. Guangxi officials forecast logistics costs will fall 18-30%, saving over 5 billion yuan ($745 million) a year. Container throughput at Beibu Gulf Port rose from 2.28 million TEU in 2017 to 10.06 million TEU last year. The author says Vietnam could benefit considerably from its proximity, citing a container ship that carried 40 containers of Vietnamese rice bran on a round trip from Nanning to Can Tho.
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Original headline: Trung Quốc khai thông 'kênh đào thế kỷ', hàng loạt tuyến vận tải đổi hướng: Cơ hội nào cho Việt Nam?
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| Market | Vietnam stocks |
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| Exchange | HOSE |
| Sector | Industrial Goods & Services |
| Industry | Transportation Services |
| Market cap | 37,337 bn VND |
| P/E | 14.6 |
| P/B | 2.72 |
| Close on 10/23/2026 | 57.10 |
| Change that session | -0.70% |
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▲ Likely positiveVN Container Shipping
Relevance: low
| Market | Vietnam stocks |
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| Exchange | HOSE |
| Sector | Industrial Goods & Services |
| Industry | Transportation Services |
| Market cap | 5,447 bn VND |
| P/E | 15.9 |
| P/B | 0.98 |
| Close on 10/23/2026 | 15.10 |
| Change that session | +3.78% |
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