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Thanh Hoa: Arrested 03 people transporting nearly 21 kg of fireworks

This is a remarkable achievement of the customs and police forces in the early days of 2015 in order to prevent illegal firecracker production, trading, storage and use.

Khanh Hoa Customs deploys tasks in 2015

On the morning of January 8, 2015, Khanh Hoa Customs Department held a conference to review the work of 2014, deploy tasks in 2015 and a conference of typical progress 2011-2015. Attending the conference were Deputy General Director of General Department of Customs Nguyen Duong Thai, Standing Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Tran Son Hai and leaders of departments and agencies in the province and all officers of Khanh Hoa Customs Department.

Facilitating business at Van Phong Petroleum Bonded Warehouse

On January 7, 2015, the Ministry of Finance instructed Customs Departments of provinces and cities to continue piloting operations at Van Phong Petroleum Bonded Warehouse.

The Minister of Finance awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals that contributed to the successful implementation of the VNACCS/VCIS system.

On December 23, 2014, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung signed Decision No. 3300/QD-BTC, Decision No. 3299/QD - BTC awarded Certificates of Merit to 13 collectives and 135 individuals under the General Department of Customs and 03 enterprises have had typical outstanding achievements as well as coordination in the process of successfully receiving, implementing and operating the VNACCS/VCIS automatic customs clearance system.

WCO supports Vietnam Customs with compliance management, customer service and local sample consultation

Following the 5th activity within the framework of the Capacity Building Project for Vietnam Customs sponsored by the WCO and the Norwegian Development Agency (Norad), WCO experts conducted the 6th working session on the following issues: partnerships, compliance management, and customer service from December 8 to 19, 2014.

From 2015, deep tariff reduction and elimination

The Deputy Prime Minister has just requested agencies to strictly implement import tax commitments in Vietnam's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) for the period 2015-2018.

Granting licenses to import radio transmitters, receivers and transmitters

In order to promote the development of partnerships with enterprises, the General Department of Customs has directed its subordinate and subordinate units to synchronously implement solutions to develop partnerships such as information, consultation,

Strengthening the ability to inspect and determine the origin of goods

On November 20, 2014, the General Department of Customs issued Decision No. 3538/QD-TCHQ approving the Project on Strengthening the capacity of Customs authorities in inspecting and determining the origin of goods for the period 2015-2020.

Continue to reduce the time and cost of administrative procedures

That is one of the solutions that the Government will implement to improve the business environment and enhance competitiveness, reported by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the 8th session of the 13th National Assembly.

4 sub-border gates in Tay Ninh province are allowed to re-export goods

On November 4, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letter No. 16036/BTC-TCHQ agreeing with the People's Committee of Tay Ninh province to announce that 4 sub-border gates in Tay Ninh province are allowed to re-export goods.

Promote the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the Russian market

In order to promote the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the traditional market of the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai chaired a meeting with ministries and branches at the end of October 2014.

Remove obstacles for businesses about tax and customs administrative procedures

On the morning of October 30, 2014, the Ministry of Finance coordinated with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to organize an annual dialogue conference with businesses on tax and customs policies. The Northern Dialogue Conference attracted more than 400 businesses, with the hottest topics in tax and customs. Most businesses assessed that the Ministry of Finance has been very active in reforming administrative procedures in these two areas. Specifically, recently, the modern automatic customs clearance system VNACCS/VCIS has been applied, helping to reduce the time for customs clearance of goods, efforts to cut tax payment hours for businesses with the introduction of Circular No. 119 /2014/TT-BTC dated August 25, 2014 and is currently promoting the development of documents guiding the implementation of the new Customs Law with obvious reform contents that will take effect on January 1, 2015…