From 06-10 October 2025 at the National Convention Center (Hanoi), FIATA World Congress 2025 (FWC 2025)-the world’s largest logistics event-will gather more than 1,000 delegates from over 100 countries, connecting carriers, shippers, shipping lines, airlines, technology providers, financial institutions, and policymakers

New economic corridors, cross-border e-commerce, and green logistics

In recent years, the global supply chain has been continuously reshaped by manufacturing shifts, geopolitical fluctuations, the requirement for carbon neutrality, and the wave of cross-border e-commerce. Vietnam has thus emerged as a strategic link in new economic corridors: the North connects with China and Northeast Asia; the South connects with Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean; and the East-West axis opens up overland routes to Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.

FWC 2025 places Vietnam at the heart of international discussion around three driving forces: digital commerce with the need for
“fast-low cost-transparent” fulfillment; supply-chain digital transformation to optimize cost and time; and the imperative to green operations to meet the ESG standards of major retail chains. In Hanoi, plenary sessions, deep-dive panels, and policy briefings help Vietnamese businesses understand new market requirements -from methods for emissions measurement and multimodal transport data standards to standardized documentation procedures that reduce legal risks in trade. The opportunity map is clear: those who move quickly to digital-green-multi-corridor models will hold the advantage.

Exhibition & B2B: where capabilities speak and solutions are “tried on site”

FWC 2025 is not just a stage for speeches. The international exhibition with more than 100 booths is where capabilities speak: automated warehousing solutions, route optimization via data analytics, e-booking platforms integrated with documentation, energy saving equipment, and multimodal services combining ports, ICDs, rail, road, and air. In parallel, the Business Matching system operates throughout 07-09 October, enabling delegates to proactively schedule meetings and filter partners by region, service category, and specialization-turning a 20-minute conversation into the start of a long-term collaboration. The FWC model’s bonus is the “hear-see-try-close” cycle: after attending a panel on cross- border e-commerce, a delegate can step straight into the exhibition to view solutions and then sit down at a B2B table to negotiate a pilot scope; later that afternoon, a technical tour verifies the partner’s operational capacity-a swift, compact cadence that still yields enough data for decision-making.

FIATA professional standards and the YLP generation: raising the competency frame and building the pipeline

7 October is devoted to FIATA’s academic and professional sessions: the FIATA Logistics Institute, Customs Affairs, Safety & Security, and Airfreight, among others. This is an “upgrade workshop” where Vietnamese businesses can update standards, document templates, and operating procedures widely accepted across the globe-thereby reducing errors, shortening customs clearance time, lowering compliance costs, and increasing credibility when entering new markets. Alongside, the Young Logistics Professionals (YLP) community is active throughout the Congress with competitions, workshops, and mentor-mentee networking. Businesses may view this as a “marketplace for high-quality talent,” where young professionals who are tech-savvy, multilingual, and familiar with international standards are ready to manage projects on digitalization, operational optimization, emissions measurement, and ESG reporting. When standards meet new talent, corporate transformation accelerates in a practical and sustainable way

When meeting, open with a data-backed real-world problem instead of a long speech; immediately after, send a summary email of what was agreed along with a small two-week pilot proposal to propel the relationship forward; at the end of the Congress, devote three straight days to follow-ups, because the golden moment for an opportunity often exists right after both sides are still warmed by inspiration.

FWC 2025 enables Vietnamese logistics businesses to see a new opportunity map-where green logistics, digitalization, and multimodal connectivity are the strategic crossroads. By leveraging the exhibition, B2B, and FIATA’s knowledge base, companies can leave Hanoi not only with souvenir photos but with a partner list, a concrete transformation roadmap, and several pilot projects ready to start in Q4/2025.

Sources: Logistic Review Magazine VLR.vn