Hanoi (VNA), July 13 -- The State should develop solutions to reduce high logistics costs in trading agricultural products to improve the competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce on the market, according to experts.

The logistics costs have accounted for 12.2 percent of seafood product value, 19.8 percent of rice product value and 29.5 percent of fruit and vegetable value, Nguyen Duy Minh, vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA), said.

Especially, Minh said the transportation cost has accounted for 61 percent of total logistics cost for fruit and vegetable products, followed by handling costs with nearly 20 percent of the logistics costs .

At an online conference on the logistics costs ...