Vietnam’s new national electronic one-stop customs clearance systemhas been applauded by the business community for its prominent featuresand efficiency.

“Instead of waiting for at least30 minutes or even the whole day to conduct customs clearance aftersubmitting declaration, we now just have to wait for five second at thelongest”, said Nippo Mechatronics representative Nguyen Thi Quynh Mai ata business conference on March 25 on the e-customs using the VietnamAutomated Cargo and Port Consolidated System and the Vietnam CustomsInformation System (VNACCS/VCIS).

Nippo hassubmitted 800 customs declarations, and 80 percent of them were reportedsuccess, said Mai of the system which was built with Japan’sassistance and trialed earlier this year.

Accordingto Phung Quang Minh, member of the management board of the VNACCS/VCISproject of the Hanoi Customs Department, the most eminent feature of thesystem is stable and time saving.

The system wasapplied in Japan for a long time and upgraded many times to minimise itsshortcomings, while being made to suite Vietnam’s demands, said Minh.

As of March 17, as many as 2,732 enterprises nationwide had registered to join the system, he added.

Meanwhile, Duong Thu Ha from Thanh Long Daiwa Plastics said theVNACCS/VCIS is much more automated than the previous system, which helpsfirms avoid errors during the data input procedure.

The system can finish data processing in some seconds, thus saving timefor customs clearance, while reducing the dependence on printeddocuments, she said.

The Hanoi Customs Department plans to officially apply the system on March 29.-VNA