VCN - Despite the agreement on the collaboration process for implementation of the official National Single Window (NSW) in January 2016, the Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment has not announced the official deployment yet (as at the end of June 2016).
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Results of the implementation of NSW in Department of Environment and Natural Resources are low. |
According to the General Department of Customs – The Permanent Agency National Steering Committee on ASEAN National Single Window mechanism and NSW, overseeing the implementation of NSW in the Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment, from November 2015, the Permanent agency published a guidance document on implementation of NSW for import procedures for Polyol premixed – HCFC141b; procedure for cross-border transportation of hazardous waste; and export of HCFCs.
The document has been received and confirmed by NSW representation agency of the Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment. However,by the end of June 2016, the Permanent Agency has not received a formal implementation plan from the Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment.
To ensure the implementation of NSW under the direction of the Prime Minister and enabling the local Customs departments perform procedures on the NSW portal with relevant procedures above of the Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment, the Permanent Agency instructed the Ministry to set a formal implementation plan as soon as possible.
The Ministry of Natrual Resource and Environment connected to NSW from 9 May 2015 however, only a few documents so far have been resolved through the NSW.
According to the updated information of the General Department of Customs, by 31 May 2016, NSW is officially connected to 10 Ministries including the Ministry of Finance (Customs Department), Ministry of Industry and Trade , Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Science and technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Health, with 31 procedures, more than 90,000 sets of records, and 6,000 participating enterprises. |
By T.Bình/Thanh Thuy