Inland waterway transport faces difficulties

However, narrow passages of rivers and a low water level in the dry seasons have limited the transport capacity in the northern regions.

In the last 5 years, transport agencies have allocated about 800 million US dollars for the improvement of waterway transport infrastructure. Such investment is insignificant compared to the transport demand on 6500 kilometres of inland waterway. It is then important to encourage economic entities to invest in waterway transport.