Participants at the SCCP meeting (Photo: VNA)Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs Vu Ngoc Anh made the remark whentalking to reporters of the Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the second dayof the meeting of the APEC Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP).
He said during the meeting, Vietnam has reported on the revision andsupplementation of local customs regulations in line with internationalstandards, as well as the building of an e-customs system.
The Vietnamese government took the occasion to reiterate its high determinationto facilitate trade, investment and tourism while strengthening the fightagainst smuggling and trade fraud to ensure the interests of legal investors.
Anh noted that there are big gaps in the single-window connectivity among APECmember economies, adding that although there have been a number of bilateralconnecting mechanisms, the multilateral mechanism in ASEAN is still on a pilotbasis.
In APEC, the issue of customs connectivity has just been tabled for discussion,and it is still a long way in realising it, he said.
The SCCP meeting focused on implementing the WTO Trade FacilitationAgreement and the single-window mechanism, IT application and risk managementin customs management, the management of cross-border implementation ofintellectual property rights, and the enhancement of cross-border e-commerce.
Vietnam Customs suggested the APEC economies connect the single-windowmechanism, increase sharing information about and experience in fightingsmuggling and trade fraud, thereby helping customs agencies facilitate tradeand ensure trade security in regional supply chains.
The event is part of the ongoing first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) inNha Trang city, south central coastal Khanh Hoa province.-VNA
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