News & Events

Regulations on import and export of narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs and drug precursors

On June 2, 2014, the Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 19/2014/TT-BYT regulating the management of narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs and drug precursors.

Value-added tax on crop, livestock, aquatic and seafood products

On May 29, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letter No. 7062/BTC-TCT guiding value added tax (VAT) for unprocessed crop, livestock, aquatic and seafood products. into other products or just preliminarily processed and sold to enterprises and cooperatives at the stage of commercial business.

Regional Workshop on Leadership in WCO . Single Window and Data Modeling

From 5-9 May 2014, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Regional Conference on Leadership in Single Window and Data Modeling was held in Brisbane, Australia under the auspices of the World Customs Organization. Support from the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan) in conjunction with the Australian Customs and Border Protection (ACBPS).

Training conference on the development of the Customs-Business partnership

On May 21, 2014, the General Department of Customs coordinated with the USAID GIG project (Government for Inclusive Growth Project of the United States Agency for International Development) to organize a training conference on development work. develop the Customs-Business partnership to improve information and disseminate newly issued documents in the field of Customs-Business partnership development.

Management of exported and imported chemicals controlled under the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has just signed and promulgated Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP dated May 6, 2014 on the management of chemicals under the control of the Convention prohibiting the development, production, storage and use of chemicals. use and destroy chemical weapons.

Tax refund dossiers for goods supplied to foreign ships

The Ministry of Finance has just issued Official Letter No. 5890/BTC-TCHQ dated May 7, 2014 to the Customs Departments of provinces and cities providing guidance on tax refund dossiers for goods temporarily imported for re-export for non-commercial purposes. supply to foreign seagoing ships without payment documents.

Guidance on printing declarations and certifying and stamping on declarations.

Recently, the Ministry of Finance has issued Official Letter No. 5665/BTC-TCHQ dated April 29, 2014 guiding the implementation of Circular 22/2014/TT-BTC dated February 14, 2014 regulating electronic customs procedures for with commercial import and export goods

Value-added tax rate for medical equipment

On April 29, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letter No. 5627/BTC-TCHQ to the Customs Departments of provinces and cities guiding the application of value-added tax (VAT) rates to medical equipment. .

Cases in which to consult import and export goods

The General Department of Customs has just issued Document No. 3844/TCHQ-TXNK dated April 11, 2014 guiding Circular No. 29/2014/TT-BTC on inspection, consultation and determination of the dutiable value of exported goods, import.

WCO 2nd Global Conference on Strategic Trade Commodities Control

In three days from April 8 to 10, 2014, WCO organized the 2nd Global Conference on Controlling Strategic Trade Commodities (STCE) with the participation of more than 130 delegates from 85 agencies. Customs and international organizations. This workshop continued to discuss the topics mentioned at the First Workshop held in November 2012. The purpose of this activity is to raise awareness about the control of strategic items and to coordinate customs control activities for these items in the border area.

The General Department of Customs Lawyers' Association exchanged and discussed new contents of the revised Customs Law

Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Lawyers Association; Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Customs, Head of the Association of Lawyers of the General Department of Customs; Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Xuan, Member of Standing Committee of Hanoi Bar Association; Mr. Van Ba Tin, Deputy Director, Branch Head of the Hanoi Customs Department's Lawyers Association and members of the four above-mentioned jurists' associations and branches.

VNACCS/VCIS system officially started operating

On the morning of April 1, 2014, the VNACCS/VCIS automatic customs clearance system was officially operated at two branches: the Northern Hanoi Customs Branch (Hanoi Customs Department) and the Hai Phong Border Gate Customs Branch. Division I (Hai Phong Customs Department).