In his explanatory remarks regarding the bill amending and supplementing the Law on Customs at the first extraordinary session of the 16th National Assembly, Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan affirmed the goal of shifting from a management-oriented mindset to a service-oriented one. He emphasised reducing costs for citizens and businesses, accelerating administrative procedure reform, and developing digital and smart customs systems.

A seminar on compliance with import-export trade regulations under the EVFTA to optimise costs and take advantage of tax incentives was co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), the Representative Office of Rheinland-Pfalz State (Germany) in Viet Nam, and TradeComply Company, on September 18.