Amid the complex situation in the Middle East affecting international logistics, the Customs Department on March 6 instructed its regional sub-departments to provide maximum support to businesses, prioritising the flexible handling of procedures such as cancellation of declarations, re-importation, or route adjustments to ensure the smooth customs clearance of Vietnamese enterprises’ import and export goods.

At present, the volume of import and export goods is increasing rapidly in both quantity and diversity, creating opportunities as well as challenges for the customs sector. Recently, the customs authority has focused on building an information technology system to implement digital customs with a high level of integration, moving towards full automation from the receipt of declarations and tax inspection to cargo clearance.

The Viet Nam Customs hosted the 17th Viet Nam–China customs cooperation conference on combating smuggling in Ho Chi Minh City from August 12 to 14.