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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has moved to put morepublic administrative services online towards a more simplified and transparentadministration.
The ministry’s Foreign Trade Agency had 47 of its public services available onlineat level 3 (forms can be downloaded and processed online) and level 4 (formsand payments can be processed online) on online.moit.gov.vn as of the end ofJanuary.
More than 1.48 million import-export dossiers were handled online, including issuanceof 1.43 million certificates of origin (C/O).
Many businesses said they have satisfied with the online issuance of C/Os as itpromotes transparency and minimise customs clearance time and expenses spent bybusinesses, thus, improving their competitive capacity.
In addition, the ministry has 11 administrative procedures connected to theNational Single Window (NSW), comprising the granting of import license forozone-layer depleting pre-substances, import and export license for explosive pre-substances,automated import license for motorcycles, non-commercial tobacco import, andC/O form D.
By 2020, all of the import-export administrative procedures will be handledthrough the system.
To date, it has settled more than 164,000 electronic dossiers via the NSW.
The ministry will work with the Ministry of Finance to connect itsadministrative procedures to the ASEAN Single Window to ease customs processand reduce tax burdens.-VNA