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To encourage economic reform, the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) has embarked on a large modernization plan to improve general customs operations, administrative efficiency, enhancing revenue collection, and reducing risks and costs of fraud. This effort is part of improving the overall business environment and country competitiveness under the APEC Safe and Secure Trade Framework and Vietnam’s World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations. The World Bank is supporting GDVC’s effort with a $77 Million loan designed to help with technology and consulting services.
USTDA is funding a number of activities, including this orientation visit, to assist GDVC and encourage the export of U.S. goods and services. The purpose of this Orientation Visit (OV) is to for the Vietnam delegation to meet with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency and a number of other U.S. Agencies engaged in export control and trade facilitation, visit key ports and airports customs facilities, and to meet with private companies that can support GDVC in their transformation efforts.
The business briefing took place on December 13, 2006.
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