Nearly 100 new procedures facilitate National Single Window in 2018

There are 145 administrative procedures by relevant ministries and agencies which have been connected to the National Single Window (NSW), according to the latest data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Notably, the number of such procedures in 2018 was up to 98, while from 2017 and before, only 47 new procedures were connected.

In particular, after a national teleconference on promoting NSW, ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and trade facilitation, with the drastic direction from the Government, the Prime Minister and the National Steering Committee on ASW, NSW and trade facilitation, the number of connected procedures increased sharply to 92 procedures, from only 53 procedures connected at the time the conference was held last July.

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