Binh Dinh Customs House Creates Favourable Import and Export Conditions
The Binh Dinh Customs Office implements its tasks in the context of socio-political stability and increased international economic integration. Alongside the province’s economic development, import and export activities have positive prospects. In 2004, the import and export volume of Binh Dinh province reached over 1.061 million tonnes and cubic metres. The province’s export and import turnover was put at US$414 million. Tax revenues were put at VND 143 billion.
The Binh Dinh Customs Office had made great efforts to overcome its shortcomings and weaknesses, reorganising its apparatus and uniting its staff members to complete its assigned tasks.
The main targets of the Binh Dinh Customs Office are to continue to administrative reform, to modernise its activities, to implement a programme on building of a strong and transparent customs services, capable of coping with smuggling and trade fraud. Also, it will strive to gain a target of State budget revenues of VND 142.5 billion.
Implementing a task of building Binh Dinh province as part of the central key economic zone under the decision of the Politburo and the Government, the Binh Dinh Customs Office will create favourable conditions for import, export and investment activities in the province. In the short term, it will strengthen the existing units, promoting the organisation of customs agencies in key economic areas in Binh Dinh, including the Phu Tai industrial park and the Nhon Hoi Open economic zone. In addition, customs officers and staff members should improve their skills to meet the increased requirement of the country’s international integration.
The implementation of the Customs Law has created favourable conditions for trade, export and import, immigration and emigration activities in both Binh Dinh and Phu Yen province. Promoting administrative reform, the Binh Dinh Customs Office often clarify customs procedures, policies and stipulations of the Government and relevant ministries and agencies to settle urgent problems of local enterprises. The implementation of a ‘one door’ mechanism with simplified procedures has helped enterprises save time and money for goods clearance.
Alongside administrative reform, the Binh Dinh Customs Office has reorganised its apparatus and is determined to combat negative signs to build strong and solid customs agencies. By 2004, it had had 110 staff members, 73 per cent of them are university graduates.
Furthermore, customs services are being modernised with promoted information technology application and a website, preparing for customs electronic procedures.
The Binh Dinh Customs Office has been organised with nine units, six consultancy offices, two bureaus and one control team. The office faces many difficulties and challenges in its assignment to implement State management in a large area from Binh Dinh to Phu Yen. However, with analysing and forecasting creativity, the Binh Dinh Customs House has gradually worked out suitable solutions for creating favourable conditions for import and export activities. Also, the house has succeeded in implementing its budget revenue and immigration and emigration control tasks.
Over the past years, having implemented the open door policies for economic development and integration of the Party and State, export and import activities have been promoted in Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces. The Binh Dinh Customs Office has contributed to such a development.
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