Strategic Partnership GZLPA - Navitic: Expanding the Vietnam - China Logistics Technology Corridor
English - Ngày đăng : 22:27, 06/11/2025
Context and Momentum
The rise of manufacturing in Southeast Asia—especially in Vietnam, where supply chains are increasingly complete, investment incentives are attractive, and a “golden” demographic structure prevails—is creating strong demand for smart, digital logistics solutions. This context opens substantial opportunities for Chinese logistics equipment and technology enterprises to deepen their presence across the region.
Signing Ceremony and Stakeholders
On November 4, Ms. Tran Lam, Secretary-General of GZLPA, and Mr. Tran Huu Hoa, Director of Navitic Technology Co., Ltd. (and an Executive Committee member of the Ho Chi Minh City Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (HCM-SME), signed an agreement to establish a strategic partnership.
Pillars of Cooperation
Under the agreement, the two sides will strengthen coordination along three core axes:
- Demand connection across the business ecosystem - from equipment manufacturers and solution providers to implementation and operations units;
- Market expansion in Vietnam and China through promotion activities, partner matchmaking, and co-development of distribution channels;
- Technology sharing to accelerate digital transformation, automation, and logistics operations optimization.
The overarching goal is to bolster mutual support and speed up high-quality growth of digital and intelligent logistics within the Greater Bay Area (GBA).
2026 Exhibition Highlight
Within this cooperation framework, GZLPA announced the Digitalization & AI Guangzhou, China 2026 Exhibition. The dedicated Logistics Equipment zone alone will cover 40,000 m² across four major sections, bringing the total event footprint to 70,000 m². The show will present a seamless vision of “smart factory + smart logistics,” while creating ample partner-seeking space for supply-chain stakeholders.
Leveraging the industrial strengths of the Greater Bay Area, the 2026 exhibition is designed as a premier international platform for digitalization and AI - showcasing new technologies, models, and achievements, and expanding supply - chain partner networks for companies both within and beyond China. With scale, structure, and ecosystem parameters already outlined at the press briefing, the 2026 event is expected to be a pan-Asian hub for industrial digitalization in the first half of 2026.
Significance for Businesses in Both Countries
The GZLPA - Navitic agreement does more than build a market “bridge.” It provides a lever for: Vietnamese companies to access equipment solutions, digital platforms, and implementation know-how from Chinese providers more rapidly; Chinese enterprises to better understand Vietnam’s local needs, service standards, and operating models - shortening time-to-market; Both sides to co-pilot and fine-tune solutions in real-world scenarios, improving ROI while reducing deployment risks.
Outlook and Next Steps
Anchored by the three pillars - connection, market, technology and a region-level promotion platform like Digitalization & AI Guangzhou 2026, cooperation between GZLPA and Navitic is poised to channel more technology, investment, and high-quality talent into the China - Vietnam logistics value chain, advancing digital transformation, automation, and service standards across the sector in the period ahead.