Vietnam Customs will host the 13th ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting
Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs Mai Xuan Thanh chaired the meeting. Photo: H.N |
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an intergovernmental process which was established in 1996 to foster dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe.
As an informal process of dialogue and cooperation, based on equal partnership and enhancing mutual understanding, ASEM provides an open forum for policy makers and officials to discuss any political, economic and socio-cultural issues of common interest, complementing the work already being carried out in bilateral and other multilateral forums of United Nations and World Trade Organization (WTO).
ASEM works on three key pillars of politics, security-economy and social culture. The economic pillar of ASEM aims to promote multilateral economy, promote trade and investment, strengthen dialogue on financial issues, resolve crisis and enhance dialogue with the business community and pursue close and friendly economic partners.
Customs cooperation in the ASEM forum is also in the process of security and economic dialogue, with the main priority supplementing the implementation of the multilateral trading system in the WTO. The ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting is held every two years.
The ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting plays the role of the forum to guide and direct working groups to implement action plans approved by ASEM’s Directors General .
Deputy General Director of Vietnam Customs Mai Xuan Thanh said that ASEM customs cooperation has focused on fields including trade facilitation and supply chain security, fighting counterfeit goods, intellectual property rights enforcement, social and environmental protection, and business partnerships.
The priorities of ASEM cooperation in 2019 concentrate in several priority areas: policy connection, sustainable connectivity, trade and investment connectivity, digital connectivity, people-to-people connectivity to cope with security challenges.
The objective of this action programme is to promote ties between Europe and Asia on transport, energy, digital infrastructure and human resources, minimising barriers to goods circulation, services and human resources, promoting free trade and investment.
The organisation of the 13th ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting plays an important role to show the position of Vietnam Customs inASEM cooperation. As the host country, Vietnam Customs will actively contribute and propose plansfor customs cooperation in ASEM in 2019-2020.
The unit will aim to take advantage of support from customs authorities of ASEM countries, especially promoting cooperation with European partners.
The ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting is the large meeting with the participation of 53 delegations from the Customs offices of ASEM member countries, the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Union and about 180 delegates.
This meeting will take place on October 2019 in QuangNinh province.
Related News
Piloting the exchange of export declaration with Eurasian Economic Union
10:22 | 18/04/2024 Customs
Vietnam Customs effectively cooperates and integrates with ASEAN Customs
09:08 | 11/04/2024 Customs
Vietnam Customs plays important role in ASEAN Customs community
10:02 | 22/03/2024 Customs
Innovating the organizational model of anti-smuggling activities of Vietnam Customs
13:48 | 15/03/2024 Anti-Smuggling
Latest News
Dong Thap Customs: Proactively guide procedures, reduce customs clearance time for imported and exported goods
10:25 | 18/04/2024 Customs
Ho Chi Minh City Customs: Rapidly handling more than 1,600 billion VND in bad debts
16:24 | 17/04/2024 Customs
Da Nang Customs: Sharing experiences about risk management when making customs settlement report
16:15 | 17/04/2024 Customs
Lang Son Customs supports warehouse operators
09:00 | 17/04/2024 Customs
More News
Praising competent authorities for seizure 100 kg of meth in Quang Tri
09:58 | 16/04/2024 Customs
Heading toward the official implementation of the Voluntary Compliance Program
15:11 | 15/04/2024 Customs
Thanh Hoa Seaport Customs improves efficiency from support enterprises
17:09 | 14/04/2024 Customs
Quang Ninh Customs: Flexible solutions to raise revenue
17:08 | 14/04/2024 Customs
Khanh Hoa Customs announce information of 12 enterprises owing over VND65 billion of tax
10:34 | 13/04/2024 Customs
Administrative violations at Dong Nai Customs decreased in both the number of cases and fines
10:32 | 13/04/2024 Customs
Da Nang Customs: Bring the Customs – Business partnership activities into practice
09:55 | 12/04/2024 Customs
Quang Tri builds a management process for imported coal transported by conveyor belts
09:11 | 11/04/2024 Customs
Businesses appreciate reform and facilitation efforts of Hai Phong Customs
15:51 | 10/04/2024 Customs
Your care
Dong Thap Customs: Proactively guide procedures, reduce customs clearance time for imported and exported goods
10:25 | 18/04/2024 Customs
Piloting the exchange of export declaration with Eurasian Economic Union
10:22 | 18/04/2024 Customs
Ho Chi Minh City Customs: Rapidly handling more than 1,600 billion VND in bad debts
16:24 | 17/04/2024 Customs
Da Nang Customs: Sharing experiences about risk management when making customs settlement report
16:15 | 17/04/2024 Customs
Lang Son Customs supports warehouse operators
09:00 | 17/04/2024 Customs