After two years of deployment, the Vietnam Automated Cargo and PortConsolidated System and Vietnam Customs Information System (VNACCS/VCIS)will be deployed in all 34 provincial/municipal customs departmentsacross the country on June 25, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF)reported.
Funded by the Government of Japan, this project isbased on techniques and technologies applied by Japanese customsauthorities and government. Hence, VNACCS/VCIS is expected to become aneffective tool for Vietnamese customs authorities and the government,and help the business community carry out customs clearance procedures.
TheVNACCS/VICS system automates many tasks like automatically determiningthe tax rate for each HS code, including special preferential tax ratesin accordance with agreements with other nations, and calculating dutieson specific merchandise in every declaration sheet, automaticallystoring modifiable declaration forms. This is a huge benefit forenterprises when they do customs procedures.
The reception andoperation of the VNACCS/VCIS system will directly improve the efficiencyof customs clearance of imported goods, thus facilitating trade andenhancing Vietnam’s economic competitiveness.
The operation ofthe VNACCS/VCIS system will help the Government of Vietnam to realiseits objectives in the Customs Development Strategy in 2011 - 2020 periodand initially meet its commitments to deployment of single-windownational customs mechanism and participation in the ASEAN Single Window.
NguyenNgoc Tuc, General Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customssaid that to carry out the project the parties concerned mobilisedevery resource and received valuable expertise from specialists invarious fields.
All concerned parties made great efforts tocompete their enormous workloads like analysing thousands of documentpages, dozens of processes, hundreds of forms, and thousands ofinformation indications in a limited time offer.
Currently, theGeneral Department of Vietnam Customs set up personnel apparatus for thesystem operation from the central to local levels. GDC and its brancheshave online help desks and hotlines to support enterprises. In earlystage, the GDC will send staffs to its branches to operate this systemsmoothly. Exporters and importers can contact help desks at customsoffices they are working with for assistance with VNACCS/VCIS.
DeputyPrime Minister Vu Van Ninh told the Ministry of Finance to collaboratewith relevant ministries and agencies to secure resources, connectionsystems and information technology infrastructure for the stable,sustainable and efficient operation of the system; and to direct thereview, analysis and evaluation of system advantages and disadvantagesto ask the Government for supplementation, modification, upgrading andexpansion.-VNA
Funded by the Government of Japan, this project isbased on techniques and technologies applied by Japanese customsauthorities and government. Hence, VNACCS/VCIS is expected to become aneffective tool for Vietnamese customs authorities and the government,and help the business community carry out customs clearance procedures.
TheVNACCS/VICS system automates many tasks like automatically determiningthe tax rate for each HS code, including special preferential tax ratesin accordance with agreements with other nations, and calculating dutieson specific merchandise in every declaration sheet, automaticallystoring modifiable declaration forms. This is a huge benefit forenterprises when they do customs procedures.
The reception andoperation of the VNACCS/VCIS system will directly improve the efficiencyof customs clearance of imported goods, thus facilitating trade andenhancing Vietnam’s economic competitiveness.
The operation ofthe VNACCS/VCIS system will help the Government of Vietnam to realiseits objectives in the Customs Development Strategy in 2011 - 2020 periodand initially meet its commitments to deployment of single-windownational customs mechanism and participation in the ASEAN Single Window.
NguyenNgoc Tuc, General Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customssaid that to carry out the project the parties concerned mobilisedevery resource and received valuable expertise from specialists invarious fields.
All concerned parties made great efforts tocompete their enormous workloads like analysing thousands of documentpages, dozens of processes, hundreds of forms, and thousands ofinformation indications in a limited time offer.
Currently, theGeneral Department of Vietnam Customs set up personnel apparatus for thesystem operation from the central to local levels. GDC and its brancheshave online help desks and hotlines to support enterprises. In earlystage, the GDC will send staffs to its branches to operate this systemsmoothly. Exporters and importers can contact help desks at customsoffices they are working with for assistance with VNACCS/VCIS.
DeputyPrime Minister Vu Van Ninh told the Ministry of Finance to collaboratewith relevant ministries and agencies to secure resources, connectionsystems and information technology infrastructure for the stable,sustainable and efficient operation of the system; and to direct thereview, analysis and evaluation of system advantages and disadvantagesto ask the Government for supplementation, modification, upgrading andexpansion.-VNA
