Hai Phong's transportation system plays an important role in transporting goods and passengers from the largest port city in Vietnam. Hai Phong is an important traffic hub, the main gateway of the North, connecting the northeastern coastal provinces, with the capital Hanoi and international maritime traffic routes.Hai Phong is an important traffic hub, the main gateway to the whole North. That is why the seaport system in this city is extremely developed. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hai Phong was built by the French as a commercial and financial center, and especially the famous seaport of the Pacific Ocean. In the early twentieth century, Hai Phong port had a close relationship with many major ports in Southeast Asia, Asia, Oceania, North America, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Nordic Sea.