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DHL has launched direct LCL services connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Hamburg, Genoa and Los Angeles

Operated by DHL's in-house carrier, Danmar Lines, the new weekly direct LCL services shaves up to a week off transit times

In the face of the global economic slowdown, Vietnam remains a resilient export economy, and the launch of the new services taps into the key trade lanes for businesses in Vietnam

With exports worth US$122 billion to Europe in 2008, the two European destinations facilitate trade with the Vietnam's largest export region This is followed closely by the US, to which Vietnam exported goods worth US$1186 billion last year

In the first six months of this year, Vietnam exported US$10 billion worth of garment and apparel-related goods DHL Global Forwarding has recently strengthened its commitment to Vietnam's fast-growing fashion logistics industry with the launch of its textainers and garments-on-hangers products designed to support Vietnamese garment exporters The company has also announced plans to establish the DHL Fashion and Apparel Centre for Excellence - its first in Southeast Asia

With this new service offering, DHL now serves 54 destinations in the US with its inland network via Los Angeles, and 26 European destinations through Genoa and Hamburg

Since the start of this year, DHL has launched 22 direct LCL routes, including:

• South China to North America - Shenzhen to New York
• India to the UK - Chennai to Felixstowe
• China to Europe and Canada - Shenzhen to Hamburg, Genoa, Southampton, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Le Havre and Vancouver
• China to the US - Shenzhen to New York
• Japan to the US - Tokyo and Yokohama to Chicago
• Thailand to the US, Germany and Japan - Bangkok to Los Angeles, Hamburg and Tokyo
• Malaysia to the US and China - Port Kelang to Los Angeles and Shanghai and to Hamburg, Germany
• Indonesia to the US and Germany -Jakarta to LA and Hamburg