Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) hasrecently launched the Info Viet-Trade Portal to facilitate international tradeprocedures in Vietnam.

The Info Viet-Trade Portal at infovietrade.vn was established by VIETRADE withthe technical support of the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the funding supportof the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).

It is an online platform that provides a step-by-step description of import andexport procedures and formalities in Vietnam from the trader’s point of view.The portal fully ensures compliance of the Government of Vietnam with Article1.2 of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

Available in English and Vietnamese, the portal serves as one-stop-shopproviding useful, clear, precise and up-to-date information on export andimport procedures in Vietnam in an easily accessible manner for businessoperators, thereby contributing to fulfilling enhanced transparency,predictability and certainty of trade information in Vietnam for the benefit ofpolicymakers, border regulatory agencies and the business community alike, saidVIETRADE Director Vu Ba Phu at the launching ceremony held late last week in Hanoi.

The Info Viet-Trade Portal, which will be maintained and regularly updated byVIETRADE to enhance the user experience, will bring public and private sectorstakeholders one step closer, strengthening opportunities for trade-relatedpublic-private dialogue and collaboration to boost the conduciveness of thebusiness environment in Vietnam, Phu said./.