More than 26,000 records in the agriculture sectors have been resolvedby the NSW

This information was provided by Mr. Ngo Hong Giang, Deputy Head of Organization and PersonnelDepartment (MARD) at the Pilot Deployment of NSW Preliminary Conference in MARD phase 1 which took place in the morning of October 26th in Hanoi.

According to Mr. Ngo Hong Giang, from June 2016 until now, MARD has basically completed the connection,and formally put the pilot administrative procedures into use and effectively implemented the NSW Portal in 7 agencies under the Ministry, including 5 departments (Department of Livestock Husbandry, Animal Health, Plant Protection, Crop Production, Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance) and 2 general offices (Fisheries and Forestry).

During the last period, most civil servants of the pilot agencies under MARD have been trained by Viettel Corporationabout the professional skills to meet work requirements.

In addition, the General Department of Customs has also actively collaborated with the Office of the Permanent Public Administrative Reform (MARD) as well as other agencies to organize training for nearly 400 officers and civil servants of the General Department, the departments and related agencies, at the same time, organize the training and guiding for relevant businesses across the country to apply the NSW (about 1,100 companies have applied).

Mr. Ngo Hong Giang assessed: The implementation of NSW in MARD and related agencies in the last period has really created favorable conditions for businesses (simplifying the records of administrative procedures, saving costs, reducingthe time of clearance of goods, etc.), contributed to enhancing the competitiveness for businesses, following the direction of Resolutions No.19/ND-CP of the Government.

“However, it is a new procedure that will be difficult in the early stages, there should be an actively collaboration from the business community as well as the related agencies and ministries, especially from the General Department of Customs and Viettel Corporation to gradually perfect and improve the process.”, Mr. Ngo Hong Giangemphasised.