The customs sector should expand the electronic customs procedures to facilitate import-export and commercial activities, a customs official has said. The expansion of electronic customs procedures should include special preferential businesses and the application of digital signatures in the exchange of electronic information, said Nguyen Tran Hieu, deputy head of the Department of the [...]
The Viet Nam Customs Agency has revised customs regulations involving garment exporters in an attempt to counter duty fraud that capitalises on governmental incentives. The new regulations were recently submitted to the Ministry of Finance for approval, said Trinh Dinh Kinh, deputy head of the National Customs Agency’s Watchdog. According to current regulations, materials imported [...]
Government Decree No 14/ND-CP, issued on February 16, specifies conditions for registration and operation of customs agents. Organisations or individuals wishing to act as customs agents must (i) complete business registration; (ii) be engaged in the business of providing freigh forwarding services or of providing customs services, with such business purposes stated in the business [...]
The customs sector will shorten the time it takes to complete procedures and set up hotlines for consumers to facilitate more trade, investment and tourism. The General Department of Customs officially announced its “Client Charter†on customer service at a press conference in Hanoi on February 22. The “Client Charter†aims to ensure that import-export [...]
The Ha Noi Customs Department wants 70 per cent of imported goods to be cleared online by the end of the year. Furthermore, Nguyen Van Truong, director of department, said the city was aiming to have 80 per cent of exported goods to be cleared electronically by 2012. To meet the target, the department planned [...]
The Viet Nam General Department of Customs has set a target of having between 18 and 20 provincial and city customs departments apply e-customs procedures in 2011. To realise the goal, customs will carry out five measures, the most important of which is setting up a common e-customs declaration system backed by hi-tech equipment that [...]
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