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Vietnam seeks to restrain fruit, vegetable imports

Fruit and vegetables have become one of Vietnam’s key exports in the agriculture, forestry and fishery group with an average growth of 30 percent per month. However, Vietnam also imports a large volume of fruit and vegetables, including some that are domestically produced. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, fruit and vegetable imports reached US$924.9 million in 2016, an increase of 47.2 ...

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All catfish shipments to US subject to examination

According to the National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, all batches of products made from Siluriformes fish supposed to be shipped to the US will have to undergo food safety tests from August 2, 2017 instead of September 1, 2017.                                 ...

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Vietnam, Thailand target US$20 billion in trade by 2020

There  remains  much  room  for Vietnamese-Thai  trade  and investment growth, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang hai told a Vietnam-Thailand  Trade  and  Investment Promotion  seminar  held  recently  by  the Vietnamese  Ministry  of  Industry  and Trade’s  Trade  Promotion  agency,  in association with the Ministry of Commerce of  Thailand.  he  expressed  hope  that bilateral  trade  could  reach uS$20  billion by 2020. The Industry and ...

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Customs to Pilot 24/7 Tax Payment Scheme from Nov

The General Department of Vietnam Customs said customs agencies will pilot information exchange and deploy an around-the-clock electronic tax collection and customs clearance programme (the 24/7 tax payment scheme ) starting from November 2017. This is next reform step of the customs sector to help enterprises quickly clear goods and carry out extensive cross-sector reforms to reach the ASEAN 4 level of export and ...

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Three 'Made in Vietnam' cargo container cranes arrive at the India

After near than 30 days at sea, three 1,400 ton rail mounted quayside cranes (RMQC) or ship-to-shore cargo container cranes as they are also known, have safely reached the port of Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal (BMCT), India. Three giant “Made in Vietnam” RMQC or ship-to-shore cargo container cranes arrive and are unloaded at Bharat Port Mumbai Container Terminal, India The cranes were designed and manufactured at Doosan Vina’s heavy industry ...

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First batch of Vietnamese lychee exported to Thailand

The first batch of lychees from Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province were exported by the Central Group Corporation to Thailand on June 30 and are to be sold at supermarkets in Bangkok as of July 3.                                                        ...

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2 containers are full of used electric and refrigeration products at Cat Lai port

As Customs News has published news, on 4/7, Customs Enforcement Unit has presided over to inspect 2 containers of import plastic pipe from Japan to Cat Lat port. The Customs force detected lots of prohibited import goods inside the container. 2 containers of full prohibited goods Those are photos in the inspection at Cai Lat port: Each container have hundred of air conditioners Hundreds ...

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The Customs to increase online surveillance to prevent the smuggling goods

Being on duty online and online surveillance serves not only the steering and management of the leadership of the General Department of Customs but also the customs checking and identification of the key point, “unmasking” many.  The Customs officers are on duty and supervise online at the General Department of Customs. Photo: Q.Hung. Being on duty online and supervising online are carried out at ...

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Agriculture sector targets US$33 billion from exports in 2017

The agriculture sector will have to make greater efforts to fulfil three major targets set for this year with responsibility given to leaders of each units.                                   Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong made the affirmation at a conference in Hanoi on June 30 to ...

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Rules of origin undermine the EU-Vietnam free trade pact

A free trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam is scheduled to come into force in 2018 resulting in businesses from both economies enjoying more favourable conditions for both imports and exports                                                   Trade in goods Pursuant to the agreement, the ...

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