US helps Vietnam with new customs procedures

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will provide non-refundable aid of 718,600 USD for Vietnam to implement the National Single Window Customs Project.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will provide non-refundable aid of 718,600 USD for Vietnam to implement the National Single Window Customs Project.

The agreement was signed between Finance Deputy Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan and the US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael W. Michalak in Hanoi on September 15.

The project is to assist Vietnam ’s national steering committees and agencies on the ASEAN single window (ASW) mechanism to define ways of carrying out a plan in this field approved on October 21, 2009. It is expected to facilitate trade, increase the collection of taxes and strengthen State management on Vietnam ’s import-export activities as well as ensuring the country’s commitments to the Agreement and a protocol to establish and implement the ASW Mechanism.

The project focuses on researching and assessing the existing legal framework, information technology systems and procedures and give recommendations on how to carry out administrative procedures.

The new legal framework on a national single window mechanism will be introduced in three government agencies, including the General Department of Customs, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Trade./.

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