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Customs Modernization Project with World Bank funding
The Customs Modernization Project for Vietnam aims to facilitate trade and increase revenue collection, improve the production of foreign trade statistics, and enhance community protection and national security by improving the effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and transparency of the Customs Administration. The project is expected to meet these objectives by: (1) introducing modern Customs systems and procedures based on internationally agreed standards and best practice; (2) improving the organizational structure and strengthening the human, financial and physical resource capacity o f the Customs Department; and (3) introducing appropriate information and communication technology to improve effectiveness, increase transparency, and lower transaction costs. The project provides consulting services, training, technical assistance and appropriate infrastructure to support three key operational components, and one support component: Component one deals with the core technical systems, and procedural aspects of the reform program. Component two improves the organizational and resource management of the new systems. Component three provides the information and communication technology (ICT) support to achieve world class standards of performance in Customs administration. Component four provides the technical and managerial support required to achieve effective implementation and long term sustainability of project objectives.
Single Window Project (ASEAN and APEC Framework)
At the APEC Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP) meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam in February 2006, the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs endorsed the draft text of the agreement to establish and implement the ASEAN single window, which was signed by ASEAN Economic Ministers in December 2005. The meeting reaffirmed the unanimous commitment to establish and implement the ASEAN single window and national single windows in accordance with previously agreed timelines, including allocation of adequate financial and human resources.
Indonesia advised the meeting of the implementation schedule for the ASEAN single window: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand by 2008; and Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam by 2012.
E- Manifest Project (USTDA Pilot)
USTDA is sponsoring a pilot project that enables the automated transmission of manifest data from the express shippers working in Vietnam to GDVC in advance of shipment arrival. The project team is led by the National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) and composed of Unisys and the four express shippers operating in Vietnam, as a consortium called the “Conference for Asia Pacific Express Carriers” (CAPEC) lead by FedEx.
In the case of GDVC, which is about to embark on its major modernization effort, an E-manifest solution already on the ground provides a natural lead-in to additional clearance process. It also serves as a means to demonstrate the benefits of reform and modernization to customs officials and the customers they serve.
By allowing Customs to screen and review cargo manifests in advance of shipment arrival, the E-Manifest system will provide a means to accelerate processing while paving the way for an improved risk assessment and profiling mechanism. The purpose of the USTDA-sponsored project is to show how technology can lay the foundation for a modern nationwide customs system spanning not only the aviation mode, but ports and land borders as well. The pilot will be deployed at the two largest airports in Vietnam, Noi Boi Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, where they will enable the pre-arrival processing of express shipments. While the pilot focuses on express air cargo, it is envisioned that the system will be expanded to sea ports under separate funding from the GDVC or World Bank.
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