Moves to enhance inspection of business climate improvements

Concrete steps to better the joint inspection of improvements to the business environment and tax and customs competitiveness was outlined at a recent meeting in Hanoi.
Concrete steps to better the joint inspection of improvements to thebusiness environment and tax and customs competitiveness was outlined ata recent meeting in Hanoi.

Participants to theJuly 8 event were assistant teams and the eight-member SteeringCommittee of the joint inspection programme, headed by Chairman of theVietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc and Vice Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Van Pha.

They agreed that the joint inspection programme will be carried out in three groups of activities in 2015.

In group one, surveys on 200 business associations and sub-unions ofthe Vietnam Cooperatives Union nationwide will be conducted. Group twowill do interviews at border gates and tax and customs agencies in keyeconomic regions and in major fields such as seafood, garment-textile,steel, footwear, food and coffee.

Group three isresponsible for reporting the survey outcomes and proposing solutionsto improve tax and customs competitiveness.

Administrative reforms related to amending unnecessary formalities andreducing time and cost for businesses in tax payment and goods customsclearance will be under examination.

Thecoordination plan will also collect proposals and feedback frombusinesses on the implementation of Government Resolution 19/2015/NQ-CPon major solutions to improve the national business climate andcompetitiveness between 2015 and 2016.-VNA

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