Seminar held to collect feedback on export-import inspection

A seminar was held in Hà Nội on Thursday to collect feedback on the draft decree on a national one-stop shop mechanism and specialised inspection of exports-imports. — Photo VNA

HÀ NỘI — A seminar was held in Hà Nội on Thursday to collect feedback on the draft decree on a national one-stop shop mechanism and specialised inspection of exports-imports. 

Co-organised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the finance ministry’s General Department of Vietnam Customs, the seminar attracted over  一00 delegates from ministries, agencies, local customs and businesses. Speaking at the event, deputy director general of Vietnam Customs Nguyễn Công Bình said administrative reform on exports-imports had been the top priority of the Government in recent years, adding that Decree No  一 九 on improving the business climate and national competitiveness stipulates a reduction in the rate of goods under specialised inspection during customs clearance to below  一0 per cent from the current  二 五- 二 七 per cent. Despite achievements in administrative reform, World Bank’s Doing Business Index pointed out that Vietnamese enterprises still faced difficulties in abiding by regulations on specialised inspection of exports-imports, he said. Phạm Thanh Bình, advisory expert for USAID’s GIG project, said regulations on specialised inspection of exports-imports are set in laws, decrees and circulars of ministries and agencies, leading to overlapping in management. Launched in November  二0 一 四, the national one-stop shop mechanism has so far connected with  一 一 out of  一 四 ministries and departments and  四 七 out of  二 八 四 administrative procedures on specialised inspection. However, many procedures on specialised inspection are yet to be conducted online. The draft decree will help simplify customs clearance procedures and establish an inter-sectoral mechanism to ensure effective coordination among units via the national one-stop shop. The Vietnamese Government is also working with USAID via the Governance for Inclusive Growth progra妹妹e to facilitate sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the country. — VNS