(PLVN) - In 2024, despite the complex developments in the world and domestically, with intertwined opportunities, advantages, difficulties, and challenges, thanks to the decisive leadership of the Party, State, and Ministry of Finance ; and the efforts of the entire staff and civil servants in implementing assigned political tasks, the entire Customs sector achieved remarkable results in 2024.
Key highlights
One of the highlights of the Customs sector in 2024 was the positive results in import and export turnover, maintaining a high growth rate, contributing to the recovery of the domestic economy , and meeting the needs of many export markets. The total value of import and export goods for the whole year 2024 is projected to reach approximately US$782.33 billion, with an estimated trade surplus of US$23.53 billion.
Furthermore, the global economic and political landscape over the past year has significantly impacted our country's sustainable economic development and budget revenue. In this context, to create sustainable revenue sources, the General Department of Customs has implemented comprehensive and decisive solutions to facilitate trade, enhance the effectiveness of state management, promote 24/7 tax collection, combat budget revenue losses, and nurture revenue sources. The Customs sector is projected to collect 418-420 trillion VND in state budget revenue in 2024, equivalent to 111.5-112% of the assigned target, an increase of 13.4-13.9% compared to the same period in 2023. This positive revenue collection result contributes to providing the Government with additional resources to implement social welfare policies, promote sustainable economic growth, and contribute to the completion of the 5-year socio-economic development plan for the period 2021-2025, leading up to the 14th National Party Congress, while also ensuring strict management of import and export activities.
The fight against smuggling and trade fraud has also achieved many outstanding results. In 2024, smuggling, trade fraud, illegal transportation of goods across borders, especially drug trafficking, was complex and large-scale, employing many sophisticated methods. As the permanent agency of the Steering Committee 389 of the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Customs has done a good job advising the Ministry of Finance, coordinating with other ministries, agencies, and functional organizations to detect and apprehend many cases of customs law violations, many large-scale drug cases, especially those involving international criminal networks, contributing to ensuring social security and safety.
Furthermore, the Vietnamese Customs has proactively and diligently implemented international cooperation. Cooperation and international integration in customs matters have expanded and yielded practical results for socio-economic development. The General Department of Customs has effectively implemented international cooperation programs as a member of international organizations such as the WCO, APEC, and ASEAN, and participated in negotiations of FTAs. The successful hosting of the 33rd ASEAN Customs Directors-General Meeting in 2024 by the Vietnamese Customs affirmed the role and position of the Vietnamese Customs in particular, and Vietnam in general, in the region and the world.
In particular, in the deployment of information technology (IT) systems for digital customs and the implementation of the National Single Window and ASEAN Single Window mechanisms, the General Department of Customs has strived to maintain the operation of the VNACCS/VCIS system, ensuring the smooth clearance of import and export goods, while continuing to review and refine operational requirements; technical and technological requirements of the system, building budget estimates and completing project documents for submission to the Ministry of Finance for approval. Numerous working sessions have been organized with relevant Japanese agencies to support the development of IT systems for digital customs. The General Department of Customs continues to urge and closely coordinate with ministries and agencies to implement the overall plan for the deployment of the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window, and trade facilitation.
In the work of building the workforce, organizing the apparatus, and maintaining discipline, the General Department of Customs regularly disseminates the directives of the Ministry of Finance to its subordinate and affiliated units and issues directives from the Director General along with many other guiding documents on strengthening discipline in the performance of official duties, contributing to building a professional, civilized, and modern working environment in the Customs sector. It fully and comprehensively implements the Party's policies, the Government's directives, the Ministry of Finance's directives, and Conclusion No. 09-KL/BCT dated November 24, 2024, of the Central Steering Committee. With a sense of urgency, the General Department of Customs issued Decision No. 2798/QD-TCHQ dated December 5, 2024, establishing the Steering Committee for the implementation of the reorganization of the General Department of Customs' apparatus to research and develop a plan for reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus of Customs agencies at all levels to report to the Ministry of Finance for submission to competent authorities for approval.
In addition, other aspects of work such as inspection, post-clearance inspection, risk management, internal audits, etc., have all been actively implemented.
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Customs officials conduct a physical inspection of the goods. (Photo: TH) |
5 key tasks for 2025
Building on the achievements already made, overcoming existing shortcomings and limitations, and focusing efforts on excellently fulfilling the tasks for 2025, the General Department of Customs will concentrate on implementing several key tasks.
Specifically, firstly, the General Department of Customs will continue to focus on promoting modernization and the application of information technology and digital technology, primarily by building a new IT system to meet the requirements of customs clearance, moving towards implementing digital customs and smart customs on a digital platform with a centralized database at the General Department level.
Regarding digital transformation, closely following the Government's National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with a vision to 2030, and related plans of the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Customs has issued a Digital Transformation Plan to 2025, with a vision to 2030. It focuses on three pillars: Building an IT system to implement digital customs; Deploying data connectivity and sharing between the General Department of Customs' IT system and the National Population Database (Government Project 06); and Implementing the National Single Window and the ASEAN Single Window mechanisms.
Regarding the implementation of digital border gates, smart border gates, and digital seaports, the goal is to complete the development of models and operational procedures that meet the requirements for deploying digital border gate and smart border gate platforms with neighboring countries (China, Laos, and Cambodia) and digital seaports nationwide.
In particular, the entire sector needs to focus on implementing the Prime Minister's directive on digital transformation in the customs field as outlined in Official Letter No. 245/TTg-KTTH dated April 17, 2024.
Secondly, perfecting the policy mechanism: Focus on reviewing, proposing amendments, additions, and building and perfecting the customs legal system to suit the new organizational structure and management requirements; Proactively identify difficulties faced by businesses to provide timely guidance, answers, and solutions; Closely monitor the progress of issuing decrees submitted to the Government and guiding circulars; Actively implement the approved legislative drafting program, including important decrees and circulars in the customs field.
Thirdly, efforts to complete the state budget revenue collection task in 2025: Continue to closely follow the tasks and solutions assigned in the Government's resolution and the Ministry of Finance's action program; effectively manage taxes; strengthen the review and accurate assessment of revenue sources; implement solutions to increase revenue and combat revenue loss, striving to complete the task approved by the National Assembly.
Fourth, be decisive and proactive in combating smuggling and trade fraud, especially drug trafficking: Continue to implement comprehensive solutions to protect national sovereignty, community security and safety, and combat smuggling and trade fraud. Strictly implement the directives of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee 389 on combating smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods; Implement work programs, plans, and campaigns to combat smuggling, and cooperation agreements for information exchange with foreign partners, achieving high effectiveness.
Fifth, reorganize the organizational structure in accordance with the spirit of Resolution 18-NQ/TW and the directives of the Government and the Ministry of Finance, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and smooth operation immediately after the organizational model transformation; strictly enforce administrative discipline and order in the performance of official duties.
The Customs sector detected, seized, and processed 16,390 cases of customs law violations, with the estimated value of the seized goods amounting to 29,273 billion VND. 24 cases were prosecuted, 157 cases were referred to other agencies for prosecution, and 901.58 billion VND was collected and remitted to the state budget. Regarding the results of drug prevention and control efforts, in 2024, the Customs sector, in coordination with other functional forces, detected and seized 275 cases/328 individuals, of which the Customs agency led 105 cases, seizing 2.08 tons of various types of drugs.
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