Over 180,000 documents processed via one-stop-shop mechanism
As many as 180,079 documents of 12,683 businesses were processed through the national one-stop-shop (OSS) mechanism by the end of June 2017, representing year-on-year rises of 107% and 70%, respectively.
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The figures were revealed by the General Department of Vietnam Customs during the second meeting of the National Steering Committee for National and ASEAN One-Stop-Shop (OSS) Mechanisms and Trade Facilitation (Steering Committee 1899) in Hanoi on July 11.
According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, in the first six months of 2017, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry was connected to the OSS mechanism, raising the total number of agencies joining the system to 11.
Meanwhile, three more administrative procedures were added to the system, bringing the total figure to 39.
The department is launching OSS mechanism in aviation, and a project to supervise import-export activities through the national OSS mechanism in Hai Phong and Hanoi, before expanding to localities accommodating major seaports and airports.
Vietnam is ready to officially connect to the ASEAN OSS Mechanism as soon as the protocol on legal framework for the system becomes effective. Currently, nine ASEAN member countries, excluding the Philippines, have approved the protocol.
However, Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customs Nguyen Van Can said that coordination in building legal documents among ministries remained weak, affecting businesses and agencies implementing online customs procedures through the OSS mechanism at nine international seaports.
He pointed to the sluggish amendment to legal documents in managing and supervising exports and imports, along with agencies’ failure to recognise each other’s inspection results.
