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World Bank to help Vietnam develop trade information portal

The World Bank will help the General Department of Customs develop the Vietnam Trade Information Portal under a programme to support Vietnam in implementing the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The World Bank will help the General Department of Customs develop the Vietnam Trade Information Portal under a programme to support Vietnam in implementing the World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

A declaration to this effect was signed between the WB and the General Department of Customs in Hanoi on January 12, under which the WB will also help establish a National Committee on Trade Facilitation, making it easier for Vietnam to fulfill TFA’s terms based on assessment of ministries and agencies’ readiness for complying with commitments.

The objective of the portal, which is due to be launched in the next eight months, is to make all regulatory trade-related information useful to Vietnamese exporters and importers easily and readily available in a single integrated website, provide transparency and consistency of trade procedures, and in doing so, increase the compliance level and reduce the cost of doing business at border gates.

Earlier on April 16, 2015, the Government Office issued a document on the Prime Minister’s conclusion regarding administrative reform in the customs sector, under which the National Steering Committee on ASEAN and National One-Stop Shop Mechanisms, is expected to play the role of the National Committee on Trade Facilitation.-VNA

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