Green logistics is an inevitable trend to minimize the ecological impact of logistics activities. “Greening” the logistics industry and applying green logistics to businesses will help companies meet environmental standards, improve competitiveness, and achieve sustainable growth.

Many economic experts and researchers in the field of logistics agree that in the current context, if companies do not quickly and immediately implement green logistics industry standards, they will face many difficulties in the future and gradually be “eliminated” by domestic and global commercial trade and import and export activities.

Firstly, it is necessary to change the perception of green logistics. Vigorous promotion is essential, but promotion alone is not enough. Support from the government and regulatory agencies is also needed, with specific and clear policies such as tax policies.

Promoting comprehensive and sustainable development of green logistics is not only a requirement of Vietnam but also a global trend. Therefore, domestic enterprises in Vietnam, especially small enterprises, must learn and save themselves, improve their competitiveness, and create a more beautiful and credible image and brand for foreign businesses, thus moving towards more sustainable and comprehensive development.

Logistics research expert Nguyen Tien Minh said that green logistics development includes many activities, such as improving transportation vehicles that use large amounts of fuel and emit toxic emissions, enhancing the quality of transportation infrastructure systems, shifting from road transport to waterway and railway transport, and using environmentally friendly or low-carbon transportation methods. Optimizing the operation of the transportation system is an essential solution for green transportation activities.

Finally, there is the greening of information systems. A comprehensive information system can improve the level of green logistics activities by providing real-time information to accurately control and optimize logistics activities such as packaging, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, loading and unloading, and inventory handling. This is intended to comply with economic and environmental requirements, creating conditions for fulfilling the environmental responsibilities of logistics services.