Press conference entitled "Promoting the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Trade Facilitation"
On July 18, 2018, the Ministry of Finance held a press conference entitled "Promoting the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Trade Facilitation" in order to widely inform the One Mechanism. national gate, ASEAN Single Window, reform of specialized inspection for export, import and trade facilitation goods in the period 2018 - 2020. Deputy Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai presided over the meeting Press Conference.
Attending the press conference were representatives of a number of units of the Ministry of Finance, General Department of Customs and reporters of news and press agencies.
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The press conference entitled "Promoting the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Facilitation”
mplementing additional 143 procedures on the National Single Window at the end of 2018
At the press conference, Mr. Nguyen Cong Binh, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs reported briefly, assessing the results of implementing the national single window mechanism, ASEAN Single Window and trade facilitation and bringing issue some solutions and implementation plans in the coming time.
Accordingly, the National Single Window has been officially implemented since November 2014 with the initial procedures including 01 procedure for issuing Certificate of Origin (C / O) form D of Ministry of Industry and Trade and 03 procedures relating to the management of ships on exit, entry and transit at international seaports presided over by the Ministry of Transport. To date, the National Single Window has connected 11 ministries and sectors with 53 administrative procedures implemented through the National Single Window with some results such as: Information technology infrastructure works stably; problems of basic enterprises are resolved; awareness of trade facilitation has been raised; The number of documents and procedures for settlement through the National Single Window increased significantly ... As of July 15, 2018, 1.34 million records of 22,800 enterprises were processed through the One Mechanism. National gate. It is expected that by the end of 2018, additional 143 procedures will be implemented on the National Single Window, bringing the total to 196 procedures, reaching 78% of the total 251 procedures to be implemented by 2020 according to the latest review. of ministries and branches.
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Deputy General Director of the General Department of Customs Nguyen Cong Binh informed the results of implementation at the press conference.
On January 1, 2018, Vietnam officially connected with the ASEAN Single Window to exchange information of electronic certificate of origin ATIGA C / O form D with 4 countries Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand and use This document serves as a basis for the application of tariff preferences under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement. As of June 30, 2018, the total number of Vietnamese C / O received from these four countries is 30,674 C / O, the total number of C / Os sent to 04 countries is 15,372 C / O. Vietnam is cooperating with Brunei, Cambodia and the Philippines to establish a pilot exchange system of C / O form D; and coordinate with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to establish a pilot exchange system for ASEAN customs declarations. Not only stopping in the ASEAN region, Vietnam is also negotiating to finalize the Protocols and prepare to build a system to connect and exchange information with the Eurasian Economic Union on customs declarations. , certificate of origin.
Regarding specialized inspection, the ministries and branches have basically completed the review and amendment of legal documents on specialized inspection under Decision No. 2026 / QD-TTg dated 17 / 11/2015 of the Prime Minister.
Organization of the National Conference "Promoting the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Trade Facilitation"
At the press conference, Deputy Minister of Finance Vu Thi Mai said: to soon overcome shortcomings, limitations and find solutions to more effectively implement the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window. The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Finance to organize a national conference "Promoting the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Trade Facilitation". It is expected that the Conference will be held on July 24, 2018, chaired by the Prime Minister with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Single Window national, national Single Window and trade facilitation (Commission 1899); representatives of leaders of central and local branches; representatives of enterprises and business associations; ambassadors or representatives of some countries and organizations are Vietnam's major trading partners and development partners.
The conference will focus on discussing the following contents: Evaluating the overall results of implementing the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window, specialized inspection to facilitate trade; Overall assessment of the results of the implementation of reforms of specialized inspection to facilitate trade of Government agencies; Assessment on the reduction of business conditions and trade facilitation in the field of import and export; Sharing international experiences related to trade facilitation policies through the opinions of some international organizations; Report on a pilot project of specialized inspection at customs authorities.
The conference also spent time discussing and proposing solutions to promote the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window, specialized inspection and trade facilitation; Discuss the draft Decree of the Government regulating the implementation of administrative procedures through the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and specialized inspection of export and import goods; Discuss the Government's Action Plan to promote the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window, reform of specialized inspection to facilitate trade. At the same time listen to the exchange of a number of typical associations and enterprises operating in the field of import and export, logistics, providing specialized inspection services and accountability of ministries and branches around reports. and content discussed at the Conference.
Reporters from the news agencies asked questions at the press conference.
At the press conference, Deputy Minister Vu Thi Mai, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs Nguyen Cong Binh also answered some questions of journalists regarding goals, difficulties and problems and solutions to implement the mechanism. National one-stop shop, ASEAN Single Window and specialized inspection next time.
Source: Haiquanvietnam