With the determination of the Government, the efforts of ministries and agencies have cut 3,893 /6,191 business conditions. Cut 6,776 / 9,926 list of goods lines subject to specialized inspection and 30/120 administrative procedures related to specialized inspection. According to the Minister, Chairman of the Government Office, despite efforts to reform, procedures for importing goods still have barriers to market entry; increase cost, time, and expense for society.

The Ministry of Science and Technology will propose to the Government solutions to innovate in specialized inspection activities to create a favorable environment for the business community, while ensuring product quality control and consumer protection. use. These decisions include reducing the share of imported goods subject to specialized checks at the stage of customs clearance from 35% to 15% and amending legal documents that partially or do not comply with the Law on Product Quality. products, goods; Law on Standards and Technical Regulations and Law on Food Safety. The government requires ministries to reduce, reduce and simplify 50% of the business environment and 50% of administrative procedures, and that the import and export of goods are subject to specialized checks in accordance with their competence.

This process must be completed by August 15, 2018. The government has instructed the Ministry of Finance to lead the development of a draft reform of the specialized inspectorate towards the customs authorities as the focal point for the specialized inspection. At border crossings (with the exception of goods related to security, defense, quarantine ...), specialized ministries of administration carry out post-inspection.

It is suggested that the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries need to discuss and discuss the Scheme, in particular the name, scope and new model in the inspection reform. Specialized inspection, food safety inspection for imported goods ... The improvement of cross-border trade transactions and the general index of the business environment and national competitiveness need to have specific solutions. The specific solution to implement the Resolution 01 / NQ-CP, the Resolution 02 / NQ-CP of the Government, in addition to the Resolution 68 / NQ-CP of the Government issued in May 2020. Targets in the period from 2020 to 2025 to cut and simplify at least 20% of regulations and cut at least 20% of regulatory compliance costs related to business activities in existing documents that take effect. The project's objectives are to cut costs, time and facilitate businesses; protecting the legitimate rights and interests of business organizations and individuals and consumers; improve quality management efficiency for imported goods. The project includes 7 reforms. In particular, the first reform is to assign customs offices to be the focal point for quality inspection and food safety inspection of imported goods at border gates. Customs offices are the focal point for quality inspection and food safety inspection of imported goods at border gates. According to estimated data, the percentage of declarations for quality inspection and food safety inspection in a year can be reduced according to the new model about 54.4% compared to the current model (not including the reduction of inspected consignments proposed by the Scheme to increase the subjects that are exempt from inspection). The total number of days of quality inspection and food safety inspection that the enterprise can save when applying the new model compared to the current one in a year is over 2.4 million days. The cost saved for the business in a year thanks to the number of days cut is more than 881 billion (approximately 37.8 million USD).

Import Inspection Reform Creates Great Opportunity for Growth: A civil servant in the Mong Kai Customs Department in Quang Ninh Province inspects goods. Imported inspection reform will help improve the business environment and reduce time and costs. “Photo baoquangninh.com.vn The import inspection reform will help improve the business environment, reduce time and costs, and create significant growth opportunities,” said Minister and Chief of Staff Mai Tien Dung. said. Dung spoke at a government meeting on Tuesday to discuss the draft imported food quality and control reform project proposed by the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Dung said there are time and cost-consuming obstacles to importing products, and said the project aims to address these challenges and create a favorable business environment. The World Bank's 2020 Performance Report, released last October, shows Vietnam's ease of doing cross-border business rankings fell four places from 100 to 104 out of 190 countries. savings, while ease of doing business fell one notch from 69 to 70. Detailed measures are needed to facilitate cross-border trade as well as the business environment and competitiveness. countries, especially in the context of the Vietnamese government, which seeks to simplify and reduce at least 20% of the rules of doing business and reduce at least 20% of the cost of compliance. “If we carry out the import inspection reform well, it will create great opportunities for growth,” said Deputy Finance Minister Vu Thi Mai, the reform is underway, but decisive action is needed. more paralysis to break through.

Specialized checks on imported goods continue to burden businesses, she said, increasing the time it takes to clear customs and undermining national competitiveness in cross-border trade. Ms. Mai said the project aims to reduce time and costs, create an enabling business environment, protect the interests of businesses and consumers, and improve the management of imported products. The project will focus on reforms to turn customs into a focal point for food safety and quality control of imported products. The Ministry of Finance estimates that the innovation model will reduce approximately 54.4% of the number of quality and food safety advertisements each year and save 2.4 million work days, or 881 billion VND (US $ 37.8 million).

A spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Trade said the project should clarify the roles of other ministries in conducting specialized checks and post-clearance checks for the most appropriate reforms.

Ngo Hai Phan, director of the Government's Administrative Control Department, said the project will focus on business in order to create the best possible business environment, reduce time and costs. fees while increasing transparency and efficiency of management.

Mr Dung also asked ministries to push reforms to eliminate conflicts and duplication that burden businesses.

Over the past four years, 3,893 out of 6,191 business premises have been removed or simplified, as well as 6,776 out of 9,926 headings subject to special verification for verification. This saved over 18 million working days, the equivalent of over VND 6.3 trillion.