Dong Nai authorities talk with Japanese firms to remove bottlenecks
The People’s Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai and the provincial Customs Department held a dialogue with over 100 Japanese businesses to help them extricate difficulties.
Japanese are among foreign businesses pioneering in economic development in Dong Nai (Photo: VNA)
Dong Nai (VNA) – The People’s Committeeof the southern province of Dong Nai and the provincial Customs Department helda dialogue with over 100 Japanese businesses to help them extricatedifficulties.
Answering the businesses’ queries about classifying customsdeclarations, Le Van Danh, head of the Customs Department, said theclassification of declarations is made automatically on the customs sector’ssystem and it depends on such factors as firms’ compliance and goods’ risklevels.
Japanese enterprises also proposed simplifying customs procedures whileimporting batches of the same type and origin at different moments from Japanto Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of theCommittee Tran Van Dinh said Japanese are among foreign businesses pioneering ineconomic development in Dong Nai.
Japanese firms have always strictly obeyedVietnam’s legal regulations and implemented effectively policies on environment,tax and customs, and particularly those for workers, he said.
In the coming time, the province willcontinuously accompany businesses and provide them with maximum support, hesaid, adding it also hopes to receive feedback from Japanese businesses fortimely solutions.
Chairman of the Japanese Business Association inHo Chi Minh City Kadowaki Keiichi said more than 100 Japanese enterprises are operatingin Dong Nai.
Over the past time, the relations between localauthorities and Japanese businesses have been tightened via cooperationagreements, he said.
Japanese businesses are running over 250projects worth 3.9 billion USD in the fields of electronics, digital equipment,electric appliances, and support industry.
In the first five months of 2017, they earned 1.8billion USD from exports, making up 15 percent of the province’s total trade.-VNA
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Japanese are among foreign businesses pioneering in economic development in Dong Nai (Photo: VNA) 
