E-customs procedure is now applicable in Vietnam, please advise me on this matter?
The National Assembly of Vietnam on June 14, 2005 issued the Law No. 42/2005/QH11 amending and supplementing 24 Articles of the Law on Customs 2001, including provisions on electronic–customs (e-customs).
Accordingly, the Vietnamese Government shall encourage organizations and individuals to implement e-transaction and e-customs procedures. By implementing e-customs procedures, they can save time and avoid positiveness in process of conducting customs procedures.
According to the Law, e-customs procedures shall be prescribed as follows:
- Customs declarants make declarations and submit customs dossiers through the system of data settlement of the customs authorities. As to import goods, customs declarants have to make and submit declarations before arriving date of goods at the border gate or within 30 days from that day. And as to export goods, they have to complete all the above works no later than 8 hours before the transports leave Vietnam. The declaration maintains its effectiveness for conducting customs procedures within 15 days from registered date.
- The customs declarants shall have to conduct goods and/or transport means to the designated sites for physical inspection. In this case, the place for conducting customs procedures is the head office of the provincial or inter-provincial customs.
- The customs officers shall receive, register and examine customs dossiers right after the customs declarants submit and produce them according to law provisions. The time limit for the customs officers to complete the physical inspection of goods and transport means is prescribed as follows:
· Not exceeding 8 working hours for lots of export or import goods subject to the physical inspection of part of the goods quantity by probability method.
· Not exceeding 2 working days for lots of export or import goods subject to the physical inspection of the whole quantity of goods;
Consulted by InvestConsult Group
April 24–25, 2026
Kinh Bac Cultural Center, Bac Ninh Province
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