A corner of Ha Long Bay - Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The maritime sector is stepping up its administrativereform, enabling all of Vietnam’s vessels operating domestic routes to applyadministrative procedures online.
Directorof the Vietnam Maritime Administration Nguyen Xuan Sang said it is a noticeablestep, promising to create a turning point in the maritime sector’sadministrative procedure reforms.
He citedthat the maritime sector is one of the first sectors to connect to the NationalE-information Portal.
Accordingto the director, the Vietnam Maritime Administration proposed cutting time foradministrative procedures. It mapped out and submitted to the Ministry ofTransport a plan on the perfection of nearly 130 administrative procedures inthe maritime sector. It also made public its administrative procedures in orderto create favourable conditions for organisations, individuals and businesses.
Accordingto the Deputy Director of the Maritime Administration of the northern coastalprovince of Quang Ninh, Vu Ngoc Bich, as one of the country’s biggest seaports, Quang Ninh port was selected to become the first to implementadministrative procedure reform, including e-procedures.
The national one-stop-shop mechanism has been carried out at the port sincemid-2015, and the Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh province hascoordinated with relevant authorities to implement the e-procedure for allvessels, Deputy Director Vu Ngoc Bich added.
Le Xuan Tien, an official of the Bac Dang Transport Limited Company,acknowledged that thanks to administrative procedure reforms, processing timefor vessels coming or leaving ports in Quang Ninh province has been reduced.Ship owners can register for e-procedures before the vessel moors or leavesport, helping businesses and traders save time and costs.
The Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh province and other port authoritiesnationwide have posted administrative documents at their offices. If businessessubmit their documents online, processing time for the documents only takes 15minutes or less.
DaoTrong Hung, a representative of Vietfrach, said declaring documents under the“one stop shop” model has become easier, the model now requires only 10 papersinstead of 36 papers previously for vessels coming to the port and 6 paperscompared to 17 papers previously when the vessel leaves port.
Withsignificant improvements, many enterprises revealed that the mechanism hashelped maritime transport firms save hundreds of millions of Vietnam dong amonth.
NguyenHai Nam, Director of the Maritime Administration of Ho Chi Minh City, said hisadministration developed a website and information on the sector, port, vesselsand administrative procedures that has been continuously updated.
Theinitiative aims to disclose information, administrative procedures, and createfavourable conditions for enterprises and individuals to understand legalregulations.
DirectorNguyen Hai Nam said starting from March 1 this year, the MaritimeAdministration of Ho Chi Minh City introduced e-procedures to Vietnam’s seavessels operating domestic routes. Under the programme, the port’s officialscan receive, approve and check documents online. Ship owners and agents do notneed to submit documents at the port office in person.
However,the director admitted there are still some difficulties in implementing theprogramme, including payment method as fees are mainly paid in cash at portoffices.
Binh, Deputy Director of the Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh, said to effectively implement the national one-stop-stop mechanism, it is necessaryto perfect features and add search tools on the national e-information portal.
Heproposed that the use of e-signatures should be approved and ports can issuee-leaving licenses, together with e-payment and e-invoices so ship owners anddealers do not need to come to port offices to receive and submit documents.-VNA
Directorof the Vietnam Maritime Administration Nguyen Xuan Sang said it is a noticeablestep, promising to create a turning point in the maritime sector’sadministrative procedure reforms.
He citedthat the maritime sector is one of the first sectors to connect to the NationalE-information Portal.
Accordingto the director, the Vietnam Maritime Administration proposed cutting time foradministrative procedures. It mapped out and submitted to the Ministry ofTransport a plan on the perfection of nearly 130 administrative procedures inthe maritime sector. It also made public its administrative procedures in orderto create favourable conditions for organisations, individuals and businesses.
Accordingto the Deputy Director of the Maritime Administration of the northern coastalprovince of Quang Ninh, Vu Ngoc Bich, as one of the country’s biggest seaports, Quang Ninh port was selected to become the first to implementadministrative procedure reform, including e-procedures.
The national one-stop-shop mechanism has been carried out at the port sincemid-2015, and the Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh province hascoordinated with relevant authorities to implement the e-procedure for allvessels, Deputy Director Vu Ngoc Bich added.
Le Xuan Tien, an official of the Bac Dang Transport Limited Company,acknowledged that thanks to administrative procedure reforms, processing timefor vessels coming or leaving ports in Quang Ninh province has been reduced.Ship owners can register for e-procedures before the vessel moors or leavesport, helping businesses and traders save time and costs.
The Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh province and other port authoritiesnationwide have posted administrative documents at their offices. If businessessubmit their documents online, processing time for the documents only takes 15minutes or less.
DaoTrong Hung, a representative of Vietfrach, said declaring documents under the“one stop shop” model has become easier, the model now requires only 10 papersinstead of 36 papers previously for vessels coming to the port and 6 paperscompared to 17 papers previously when the vessel leaves port.
Withsignificant improvements, many enterprises revealed that the mechanism hashelped maritime transport firms save hundreds of millions of Vietnam dong amonth.
NguyenHai Nam, Director of the Maritime Administration of Ho Chi Minh City, said hisadministration developed a website and information on the sector, port, vesselsand administrative procedures that has been continuously updated.
Theinitiative aims to disclose information, administrative procedures, and createfavourable conditions for enterprises and individuals to understand legalregulations.
DirectorNguyen Hai Nam said starting from March 1 this year, the MaritimeAdministration of Ho Chi Minh City introduced e-procedures to Vietnam’s seavessels operating domestic routes. Under the programme, the port’s officialscan receive, approve and check documents online. Ship owners and agents do notneed to submit documents at the port office in person.
However,the director admitted there are still some difficulties in implementing theprogramme, including payment method as fees are mainly paid in cash at portoffices.
Binh, Deputy Director of the Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh, said to effectively implement the national one-stop-stop mechanism, it is necessaryto perfect features and add search tools on the national e-information portal.
Heproposed that the use of e-signatures should be approved and ports can issuee-leaving licenses, together with e-payment and e-invoices so ship owners anddealers do not need to come to port offices to receive and submit documents.-VNA
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