The Hai Phong Customs Department in the northern port city of Hai Phongon April 18 completed the connection of all its sub-offices to thenational automated customs system.
It isthe first among the country’s 34 customs departments to have put intouse the Vietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System/VietnamCustoms Information System (VNACCS/VCIS) at all its sub-offices.
According to the department, the system is workingsmoothly in Hai Phong since it officially became operational onApril 1.
After a three-month trial period sinceNovember 15, 2013, up to 18,196 enterprises nationwide have registeredto join the system, and 10,154 have run it on a trial basis.
VNACCS/VCIS, built at a cost of nearly 2.7 billion JPY (21.2 millionUSD) funded by the Japanese Government, is scheduled to be fully appliedacross Vietnam from June 1.-VNA