aid of 718,600 USD for Vietnam to implement the National Single
Window Customs Project.
The agreement was signed
between Finance Deputy Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan and the US
Ambassador to Vietnam Michael W. Michalak in Hanoi on September 15.
The project is to assist Vietnam ’s national
steering committees and agencies on the ASEAN single window (ASW)
mechanism to define ways of carrying out a plan in this field approved
on October 21, 2009. It is expected to facilitate trade, increase the
collection of taxes and strengthen State management on Vietnam ’s
import-export activities as well as ensuring the country’s commitments
to the Agreement and a protocol to establish and implement the ASW
Mechanism.
The project focuses on researching and
assessing the existing legal framework, information technology systems
and procedures and give recommendations on how to carry out
administrative procedures.
The new legal framework
on a national single window mechanism will be introduced in three
government agencies, including the General Department of Customs, the
Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Trade./.
