The HCM City customs department aims to cut the time it takes for clearing goods by half by the end of this year. — Photo zing.vn The HCM City customs department aims to cut the time it takes for clearing goods by half by the end of this year, Dinh Ngoc Thang, its deputy head, told the media on the sidelines of a meeting with American businesses on Wednesday. The meeting, “American businesses and HCM City customs agencies are reliable partners for development”, was a forum for the department to apprise businesses about new customs-related laws and respond to their questions and feedback on issues related to customs procedures. Such meetings have been held since the beginning of last year and have proved to be conducive to enhancing relations customs and businesses and resolving problems, Thang said. “Last year, we also met with Eurocham, AmCham and Japanese businesses. Most of the problems they reported have been addressed thoroughly. “We have also kept them updated on amendments to legal documents on customs administration to help them avoid mistakes.” After the meeting requests and feedback from businesses would be collected and submitted to official agencies to aid amendments and supplements to customs laws, he said. Having these two-way exchanges benefit both businesses and the department because “Once businesses’ issues are addressed, customs procedures are speeded up. And that would help us achieve our revenue target.” According to the department’s report, it collected more than VND109 trillion (US$4.8 billion) in export and import… [Read full story]
VietNamNet Bridge – Co-operation amongst customs agencies and ministries still leaves much to be desired, said Pham Thanh Binh, a customs expert from USAID's Governance for Inclusive Growth Program in Viet Nam. Binh attributed the continuance of the country's sluggish and complex process of customs clearing to the poor inter-agency co-operation at an online conference about Viet Nam's customs practices yesterday, April 2. "There is a lack of consistency in standards and procedures during the customs clearance process," Binh said, "different sets of regulations are being applied by various customs agencies and ministries." He gave an example of how different…... [read more]
Customs clearance time reduction tough Minh Tam and Tu Hoang By Minh Tam and Tu Hoang - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC, HANOI – Experts have expressed concern that it is difficult to reduce the customs clearance time to 13-14 days at the end of this year as targeted by the Government. Nguyen Dinh Cung, president of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), said cutting the customs clearance time to the average of 13-14 days in the ASEAN-6 countries and to 10-12 days in the ASEAN-4 bloc this year and next was an ambitious and challenging target. ASEAN-6 groups…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) – The General Department of Vietnam Customs has targeted reducing customs clearance time for exports and imports to 10 days and 12 days, respectively this year. By 2020, the sector aims to cut customs clearance time for exports and imports to below 36 hours and 41 hours. The rate of imports subject to specialised inspections will be cut to 15 percent later this year. Each year, the cost of administrative procedures will be cut by at least 10 percent. According to the department, the National Single Window system will be made available for all ministries and sectors between…... [read more]
Hai Phong Customs Department officials help customers.— VNA/VNS Photo Hoang Hung HA NOI (VNS) — Co-operation amongst customs agencies and ministries still leaves much to be desired, said Pham Thanh Binh, a customs expert from USAID's Governance for Inclusive Growth Program in Viet Nam. Binh attributed the continuance of the country's sluggish and complex process of customs clearing to the poor inter-agency co-operation at an online conference about Viet Nam's customs practices yesterday. "There is a lack of consistency in standards and procedures during the customs clearance process," Binh said, "different sets of regulations are being applied by various customs…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) – The General Department of Customs has completed a draft scheme to implement the National Single Window (NSW) mechanism from 2016-2020 for administrative reform in Vietnam. A decision from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and four ministerial circulars instructing businesses to use the NSW is expected to be issued soon. The NSW, launched in late 2014, was designed to reduce customs clearance time for businesses by 15 to 30 percent and boost their ties with State-run management agencies. The NSW allows enterprises to send their import/export/transit applications to the NSW portal instead of physically delivering applications. The online…... [read more]
