Customs branches of three seaports in Ho Chi Minh City officially applied a Japan-funded automated customs system on June 9.
They are the Saigon zone 1 and Saigon Zone 3 ports and the Tan Cang customs branch.
TheVietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System and the VietnamCustoms Information System (VNACCS/VCIS), funded by the JapaneseGovernment, is worth nearly 2.7 billion JPY (21.2 million USD).
Rolledout since April 1, 2014, the system will be running in all 34provincial and municipal customs sub-departments across the country byJune 30.
It has been to date applied in 32 out of the 34 customssub-departments, said Nguyen Ngoc Tu, Director of the Customs ofVietnam.
The new automated customs system is able to deal withdeclarations within three seconds, according to the Customs of Vietnamunder the Ministry of Finance.
ViaVNACCS/VCIS, businesses can make customs declarations at anytime andanywhere, thus saving time and paper procedures.
After a three-month trial period since November 15, 2013, up to 18,196enterprises nationwide have registered to join the system, and 10,154have run it on a trial basis.-VNA
They are the Saigon zone 1 and Saigon Zone 3 ports and the Tan Cang customs branch.
TheVietnam Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System and the VietnamCustoms Information System (VNACCS/VCIS), funded by the JapaneseGovernment, is worth nearly 2.7 billion JPY (21.2 million USD).
Rolledout since April 1, 2014, the system will be running in all 34provincial and municipal customs sub-departments across the country byJune 30.
It has been to date applied in 32 out of the 34 customssub-departments, said Nguyen Ngoc Tu, Director of the Customs ofVietnam.
The new automated customs system is able to deal withdeclarations within three seconds, according to the Customs of Vietnamunder the Ministry of Finance.
ViaVNACCS/VCIS, businesses can make customs declarations at anytime andanywhere, thus saving time and paper procedures.
After a three-month trial period since November 15, 2013, up to 18,196enterprises nationwide have registered to join the system, and 10,154have run it on a trial basis.-VNA
