More than 12,000 billion vnd is saved by trade facilitations.

	The National Single Window Portal still working normally
	There is a need to have an open mechanism for implementing Aviation single window
	The plan to deploy the National Single Window and ASEAN Single Window for 2016-2020

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue stated the conclusions of the session. Photo. Huu Linh

Attendants of the session were the Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung – Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee and the Committee’s members..

Reduce time

In a report of the results of implementation of the ASW, NSW and trade facilitation, the Director General of the General Department of Customs, Nguyen Van Can, a member of the National Steering Committee acknowledged that for implementation of NSW, Vietnam and 5 countries (Brunei, the Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand) have signed a decree on the legal framework of ASW implementation. Moreover, Vietnam has successfully connected with 4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore) to exchange Certificate of Origin Form D for goods originated from ASEAN and to be ready for operation when the Protocol on the legal framework to implement the ASEAN Single Window which was approved by all 10 member countries.

Regarding the NSW, until November 2016, there have been 10 of 14 ministries and departments in connection. The volume of administrative procedures posted on the NSW (excluding the Ministry of Finance) was 36 procedures. The Ministry of National Defense has connected with the NSW portal to implement defense procedures electronically in some international ports. Total administrative procedures handled on the NSW portal until 25 November 2016 were around 213,000 records, with participation of more than 8,350 enterprises that regularly operate in this field.

Concerning trade facilitation, according to the assessment of the World Bank, Vietnam’s indicators of goods transport across the borders increased 15 levels over 2015 (from the rank of 108 to 93 of 190 economies in supervision) and is one of the top four countries in the area (together with Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand).

Processing time for export procedures has been reduced to 108 hours and processing time for import procedures reduced to 138 hours. Preparation time for import procedures reduced 30 hours (from 106 hour to 76 hours) and preparation time for export procedures reduced 33 hours (from 83 hours to 50 hours).

Based on a report of the World Bank, average expense for record preparation (for both import and export procedures) in Vietnam was estimated at about $US 2.5 per hour. Accordingly, the reduction of 30 hours compared to 2015 was estimated to save $US 75 for record preparation for each shipment (import and export). Counting about 8 million import and export shipments to October, 2016, savings on record preparation was estimated at $US 600 million (equivalent to 12,000 billion vnd) "- the General Director Nguyen Van Cam emphasized.

Specialized inspections socialized

At the session, under the direction of the Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, attendants focused on discussing solutions to reach important targets in implementation of ASW, NSW and trade facilitation in the coming time.

The Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung said that, the implementation of ASW, NSW and trade facilitation is confirmation of commitments of the Government and policy on facilitation for the business community. To achieve the related targets, the problems relating to specialized inspection for import and export activity should be settled. At present, 10 specialized inspection locations have been built in 8 key provinces. Thus, there needs to be a preliminary assessment and multiplication. To perform effectively, the Minister proposed to socialize the implementation of specialized inspection locations with managing authorities issuing standards and mobilize socialized investment sources of equipment, and people for performance that will reduce investment from the State budget and improve the efficiency.

Lieutenant-General Tran Don – Deputy Minister of National Defense stated, to achieve the targets in the coming time, we must enhance awareness and responsibility of the leaders of ministries, especially Ministers and consider the implementation of ASW, NSW and trade facilitation as the top important political objective of each ministry and department.

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Furthermore, representatives of some Ministries and Departments also requested the Committee to issue more specific plans for each year and proposed the Government to solve some obstacles during performance, especially investment funds.